https://mc.merill.net/ Latest Microsoft 365 Message Center messages and Microsoft 365 Roadmap posts. Message Center posts vary by tenant; always use your tenant's Message Center as the source of truth. en-us Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:42:07 GMT 60 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569206 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569206 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:42:07 GMT Microsoft Teams browser app users will now be able to have their a simplified call window persist on top of other content when they navigate or hide the tab or PWA hosting the call! Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567466 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567466 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:42:07 GMT Teams events will soon have a separate attendance and engagement report policy from the "CsTeamsMeetingPolicy" attendance and engagement report policy. This will permit admins to allow Teams events organizers to access attendance and engagement reports, while restricting access to Teams meeting attendance and engagement reports. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567470 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567470 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:42:07 GMT OneDrive for Windows and Mac will let users exclude specific folders from syncing, so folders that do not belong in the cloud, such as developer tooling folders like PowerShell modules, Visual Studio configuration, and node modules, stay local on the device instead of uploading to OneDrive. Administrators can define folder exclusion rules for their organization. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565869 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565869 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:42:07 GMT Teams now lets you set and manage reminders directly on chat and channel messages, helping you keep track of important items. Create, update, complete, and delete reminders, track them in a dedicated Reminders view, and receive timely notifications when they become due. Reminders are private to each user and include message context, making them easy to revisit and act on when needed. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561916 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561916 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:42:07 GMT Granular Protections for Exchange Online is available in public preview. This release gives administrators fine-grained control to create DLP policies based on specific classification or text extraction failure types — such as timeout, throttling and other scan errors — rather than one blanket policy for all failure conditions. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM547732 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM547732 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:42:07 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. Microsoft 365 Roadmap SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499659 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499659 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:42:07 GMT Use the new =COPILOT function directly in Excel formulas to generate, classify, and summarize text and data. We have decided not to move forward with this feature. We apologize for the inconvenience. Excel Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499658 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499658 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:42:07 GMT Use the new =COPILOT function directly in Excel formulas to generate, classify, and summarize text and data. We have decided not to move forward with this feature. We apologize for the inconvenience. Excel Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499660 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499660 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:42:07 GMT Use the new =COPILOT function directly in Excel formulas to generate, classify, and summarize text and data. We have decided not to move forward with this feature. We apologize for the inconvenience. Excel Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM88537 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM88537 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:47:48 GMT AppleScript workflows vary widely across organizations and often depend on behaviors from the classic app that don’t exist in the New Outlook. Because these patterns can’t be standardized, full compatibility isn’t feasible. We have decided not to move forward with this feature. We apologize for the inconvenience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM548652 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM548652 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:47:48 GMT With Teams Rooms on Android consoles, you can quickly book a meeting room for immediate use, helping to avoid scheduling conflicts and ensure uninterrupted spontaneous meetings. Available in Teams Rooms Pro-licensed rooms. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553224 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553224 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:47:48 GMT We're upgrading our topic assignment pipeline to be powered by Copilot, delivering significantly improved accuracy in categorizing survey comments into relevant topics. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558682 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558682 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:47:48 GMT Admin should be able to see the Endpoint DLP policy sync status on the Purview portal within 30 mins. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559614 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559614 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:47:48 GMT We’ve improved how Copilot reads long and complex files by making it more aware of document structure. When you ask a question, Copilot can now navigate to the most relevant parts of your document (for example, specific sections/pages) before answering—helping reduce missed details and improving confidence with clearer citations that are easier to trace back to the source. We have decided not to move forward with this feature. We apologize for the inconvenience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559801 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559801 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:47:48 GMT You can now quickly search for and navigate to any folder in your mailbox using the new Go to Folder feature. Instead of scrolling through long folder lists, just press Ctrl+Y or access it from your accounts context menu to instantly find what you need. Type a few letters of the folder name and jump straight there. #newoutlookforwindows Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565374 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565374 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:47:48 GMT AI-powered visibility into DLP policy deployment across devices, helping admins track sync progress and understand enforcement coverage. They proactively identify impacted devices, explain root causes of sync failures, and guide admins with recommended actions to quickly diagnose and resolve issues. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562016 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562016 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:47:48 GMT AI agent skill to detect and alert unhealthy policy sync and device configuration. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567458 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567458 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:47:48 GMT After meeting recap is automatically generated in the translation language chosen during the meeting, users can continue to change the language of the meeting recap after its generated. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567462 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567462 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:47:48 GMT We are improving the live captions experience in Microsoft Teams with new viewing layouts and streamlined configuration options. Users can now view live captions in a new right-side panel, in addition to the existing options of viewing them at the top or bottom of the screen, or popping them out into a separate window. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568932 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568932 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:47:48 GMT Starts a workflow with a form to collect the information you need to run the rest of your workflow. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569019 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569019 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:47:48 GMT Admins will be able to view in Teams Admin Center a list of custom apps in their tenant that need to be updated to work in private and shared channels. This experience will help admins identify impacted apps, understand which apps require developer action, and coordinate updates so users can continue using custom apps across all supported channel types. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569209 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569209 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:47:48 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/RM569217 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569217 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:47:48 GMT Microsoft Edge is updating its vertical tab implementation and architecture. Edge is reimplementing capabilities across pane, layout, controls, tab behavior, visual treatments, & embedder customizations. No admin action is required. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562534 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562534 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:47:48 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/RM562342 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562342 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT This release introduces a new condition for Exchange Online policies: “Count of labeled documents is greater than.” This condition evaluates the number of attachments in an email message that carry a matching sensitivity label. When the count exceeds a defined threshold, the DLP rule is triggered, and configured actions are applied. This capability enables detection of high-volume data exfiltration scenarios, where multiple sensitive files—individually low-risk—collectively represent a significa... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561919 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561919 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT Reusable Lists centralize management of keywords, domains, and email addresses, eliminating duplication across rules and reducing the effort required to maintain large policies. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560706 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560706 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT Meetings as References in Copilot Notebooks bring Teams meeting content into the notebook experience, enabling users to ground Copilot on the discussions, decisions, and context that drive their work. By adding meetings as knowledge sources, users can connect transcripts, notes, chats, and shared content directly to their projects, enriching notebooks beyond files alone and improving downstream outputs like presentations and briefs. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) OneNote https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560055 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560055 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT Teams efficiency mode improves performance and responsiveness on hardware constrained devices by applying a reduced resource configuration by default, helping maintain meeting quality and responsiveness during collaboration. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560074 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560074 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT Before joining a meeting on your pre-join screen, you can test your microphone and speaker to make sure others will hear you clearly. Select Test mic and speaker to record a short audio clip and play it back. This helps you confirm that the right devices are selected and that you’ll be heard—and hear others—once the meeting starts. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM497999 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM497999 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT A new agents usage report will be available in the Microsoft 365 admin center. The report will be scoped to include agents in M365 Copilot and Copilot Chat with usage by both M365 Copilot licensed and unlicensed users. The report will include total active agent users, total active agents, active users segmentation by licensed and unlicensed users, and active users and active agents segmentation by publisher type (i.e. user-created agents, agents built by your org, agents built by Microsoft, agen... Microsoft 365 admin center Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM502520 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM502520 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT The sharing panel in today’s meetings is the default place for content discoverability and sharing. New sharing panel UI is crafted with intent of modernising and simplifying default tasks such as window sharing, but also for easier discovery of sharing options and more discoverable file sharing. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM508521 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM508521 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT When critical issues impact room functionality, users see a banner notification on both the front-of-room display and console in Teams Rooms on Windows. Room health signals help get issues resolved quickly and ensure productive meetings. Available with Teams Rooms Pro. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM476488 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM476488 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 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/RM93268 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM93268 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT Out-of-the-box reports that contain information about all legal holds associated with eDiscovery cases in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Sort and filter your view based on various criteria and download the aggregated information for further analysis. Note: The status and release month has been updated to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558343 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558343 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 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/RM562351 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562351 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 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. Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565218 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565218 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT We’re excited to announce that the Queues app is now available in the GCC High and DoD clouds. This Teams-native app helps organizations manage customer engagements more efficiently by bringing advanced call queue and auto attendant capabilities directly into Teams. Queues app is a Teams Premium feature. For more information about Queues app, including licensing information, please see Manage Queues app for Microsoft Teams in your organization. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565222 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565222 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT Self-service diagnostics help identify common issues with case permissions, security filters, and policy status. The experience highlights potential misconfigurations and provides simple guidance to help customers understand and resolve them. This brings basic troubleshooting into the product and helps eDiscovery admins overcome common challenges. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564765 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564765 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT Enable aggregation of DLP alerts based on common entities user even when multiple rules are matched. This feature should consolidate related alert events into a single alert object to: Reduce alert noise, simplify investigation workflows, enhance contextual understanding of violations. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569213 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569213 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT Users will be able to insert Agents and Skills in prompts for specialized tasks. They can add them from the Agents and Skills tab after selecting 'Add work content' from the plus (+) menu. Users can also access Agents and Skills by typing / and @ in their prompt. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569210 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569210 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 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/RM569208 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569208 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT Create HTML with Copilot in SharePoint or upload your own HTML from another source. Once stored in the pages library, you can render HTML as a page in SharePoint, make additional edits, and share with your audience. HTML gives you new ways to present your content beautifully alongside our existing ASPX pages. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569203 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569203 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT The new Copilot Notebooks design in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app for DoD, GCC, and GCC High clouds now lets users organize related chats, output creations, and references into a persistent AI workspace. Copilot uses the Notebook's accumulated context to ground responses, so work continues across sessions instead of starting over each time. While this is the quicker, light-weight Notebooks experience, you can still find the workspace-forward experience in OneNote. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneNote https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569211 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569211 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 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/RM568067 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568067 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 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/RM567465 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567465 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT Shared display mode in Teams is now available in government 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 Pro Management portal. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566697 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566697 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT The Microsoft OneDrive apps for iOS and Android will let users annotate PDFs protected by a Microsoft Purview Information Protection sensitivity label that applies encryption — without removing or weakening the label. Users with edit/annotate rights can add a full set of annotations — including ink, highlight, free text, notes, signatures, image/shape/date stamps, bookmarks, and form fields — directly in the OneDrive mobile PDF viewer; the file's encryption and usage rights are preserved end to... Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565868 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565868 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT Endpoint DLP support for FTP and SFTP enables organizations to monitor and protect sensitive data transferred from managed endpoints using FTP and SFTP, helping prevent unauthorized data exfiltration while maintaining visibility and control. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568076 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568076 Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:53:53 GMT Windows Hello for Business (WHfB) and macOS Platform SSO (macOS PSSO) can now satisfy multifactor authentication as a standalone second factor. Previously, these methods only counted as MFA during primary sign-in, and users needed a separate passkey to complete step-up prompts, Authentication Strength policies, and sign-in frequency checks. With this change, WHfB and macOS PSSO work on their own for those scenarios, so more of your users can rely on strong, phishing-resistant sign-in without reg... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Entra https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560339 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560339 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT The Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app will proactively send push notifications for common productivity workflows like 'Your Day at a Glance' and 'Items waiting for you', which send users to the respective Copilot response when opened. This feature taps into your Copilot Memory and will be available for users with Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses and can also be accessed once opening the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM508524 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM508524 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT Users can manually select text and ask Copilot to help provide relevant information. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM542790 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM542790 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT The Data Security Posture Agent is designed to expand the capacity of data security admins as they proactively work to stay on top of a dynamic data and risk landscape within their organization. Its primary job is to help discover sensitive data across your data estate. This agent is designed to analyze and search documents, emails, and messages that match the natural-language discovery intent requested by the user and assess associated risks. By moving beyond traditional keyword and information... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558250 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558250 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT Use device selection criteria in Cloud Update to assign profiles using Microsoft Entra ID groups and streamline the onboarding process. Admins can combine channel and profile assignment in a single step, making it easier to move devices between update channels and maintain consistent update management across the organization. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM501570 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM501570 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT Easily swap stock visuals for AI-generated images in your videos using the Create experience in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Powered by OpenAI’s latest image generation model, this feature helps you tailor content, explain concepts more clearly, and help make your videos stand out. Updated August 10, 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) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557191 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557191 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT Block External Domain/User action in Microsoft Purview DLP for SharePoint and OneDrive, gives organizations stronger control over who can access sensitive files. With this enhancement, admins can configure DLP policies that block file access for specific external domains or individual users. This capability helps prevent unintended exposure by external users and supports enterprise compliance requirements. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560551 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560551 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT This feature will introduce the capability for Glint service administrators to configure a data retention policy for their Glint instances based on the organizational policies. Any past survey cycles including engagement surveys, always-on surveys, lifecycle surveys and 360s will be retained/deleted based on this data retention configuration period. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560821 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560821 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT Managers will be able to export the default sections from the Heat Map report in Viva Glint directly to editable PowerPoint slides. This enhancement allows for easier and quicker consumption of this report outside Viva Glint, compared to the previous export method which included static screenshots. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561037 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561037 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT Vision in Microsoft 365 Copilot helps you make faster, more informed decisions by understanding context from what you share on screen or camera. Copilot can analyze visual inputs from shared desktop screens and provide detailed insights about the content. You can also use vision on mobile during a real-time voice session to share your device camera, front or back, and ask questions about what is in front of you. Copilot analyzes the live camera feed or desktop screen in real time and provides sp... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Mobile https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569017 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569017 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT Spend less time catching up on call recordings to resolve customer issues faster. For recorded call queue calls, the Queues app now supports intelligent call recaps for recorded calls that includes AI-generated summary notes, key discussion points, and follow-up actions. Navigate to the call record in the Queues app and select the Recap tab to access. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561892 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561892 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT We are expanding Microsoft Purview DLP for Microsoft 365 Copilot to safeguard prompts containing sensitive data. This real-time control helps organizations mitigate data leakage and oversharing risks by preventing Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat from returning a response when prompts contain sensitive data or using that sensitive data for grounding in Microsoft 365 or the web. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562033 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562033 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT The Role groups page in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal now allows admins to look up permissions by roles and memberships. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564910 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564910 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT Outlook Emails as References in Copilot Notebooks bring email content into the notebook experience, enabling users to ground Copilot in the conversations, decisions, and context that drive their work. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565028 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565028 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT OneDrive makes it easy to add shortcuts to the files and folders you use most. Now you can choose to keep those shortcuts neatly together in one place instead of mixed in with everything else. When you add a shortcut, you can send it to a dedicated "Shortcuts" folder rather than your OneDrive root. The folder is created automatically the first time you use it and is easy to spot, with a distinct color and building icon. The Shortcuts folder behaves like any other folder—move it, rename it, share... Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568790 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568790 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 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. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) OneDrive SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568793 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568793 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT Microsoft Edge is introducing an updated horizontal tab-strip appearance on Windows and macOS. The treatment uses rounded tabs with revised spacing and aligns related tab-strip controls with the refreshed browser-frame design. Tab behavior and enterprise data handling remain unchanged. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568929 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568929 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT We are enabling Microsoft Dataverse as a native knowledge source in Copilot Studio, expanding the platform’s ability to ground AI agents in structured enterprise data. This enhancement allows organizations to leverage business-critical information stored in Dataverse—including records, customer data, operational data, and business application content—as a trusted knowledge source for agent experiences. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot Studio https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561490 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561490 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:43:02 GMT Teams meetings automatically create a corresponding Planner plan to capture meeting tasks. However, when teams use meetings as their primary collaboration surface for long-running initiatives, tasks from the same project can become scattered across multiple auto-generated plans. With this capability, users can now connect Teams meetings to existing Planner plans, so all related tasks across meetings can be tracked in one place. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569022 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569022 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:45:15 GMT When composing an email in Outlook for Mac, Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels can be automatically applied or recommended based on the sensitivity labels of attached files. This helps users consistently protect sensitive information, reduces manual labeling effort, and supports organizational compliance requirements by aligning email protection with the sensitivity of attached content. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569023 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569023 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:45:15 GMT When the content language and the Outlook language do not match, you will be able to select a different language to view summarize Copilot responses. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569021 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569021 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:45:15 GMT Outlook for iOS and Android will support Microsoft Purview sensitivity label inheritance from attachments. When users attach files with sensitivity labels, Outlook can automatically apply or recommend an email sensitivity label based on organizational policy settings. This helps organizations maintain consistent data classification and protection while reducing manual labeling effort. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568935 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568935 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:45:15 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/RM554934 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM554934 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:45:15 GMT Copilot Chat in Outlook expanding to support reasoning over a user's entire inbox, calendar and other enterprise data for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat users (without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license) . Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557172 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557172 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:45:15 GMT The Microsoft Teams live chat widget lets customers engage in one to one conversations with your business directly from your website, and now also enables appointment scheduling. Updated August 7, 2026: We have decided not to move forward with this change at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558683 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558683 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:45:15 GMT Use the in-product migration tool in Unified Catalog to migrate classic glossary terms, associated term templates, and asset and column relationships to Unified Catalog. Updated Augut 7, 2026: We have decided not to move forward with this change. We apologize for any inconvenience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566317 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566317 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:45:15 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/RM566858 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566858 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:45:15 GMT We've improved how highlighted text looks when composing messages in dark mode and high contrast mode, giving you a more consistent editing experience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566871 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566871 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:45:15 GMT Enhanced Security Mode Plus adds optional, admin-configurable protections on top of Enhanced Security Mode to further reduce browser attack surface. Admins can configure preset or custom modes to restrict selected network protocols and compression behavior, hardware-access web APIs, WebGL, and external protocol launches when Enhanced Security Mode is enabled. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568936 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568936 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:45:15 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/RM568930 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568930 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:45:15 GMT The Azure SQL Knowledge Source capability extends the range of enterprise data sources that makers can leverage when building agents in Copilot Studio. This enables organizations to bring business-critical information stored in Azure SQL into their agent experiences using the same knowledge-centric approach that customers already use across other supported knowledge sources. Azure SQL knowledge support represents another step toward a unified knowledge platform strategy, where customers can conn... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot Studio https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568931 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568931 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:45:15 GMT OneDrive is adding administrative controls for the Photos experience on Windows. Organizations can manage whether users sign in with personal Microsoft accounts. These controls help IT teams align OneDrive Photos with their access, data governance, and device-management requirements. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568934 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568934 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:45:15 GMT OneDrive is giving people more control over their Windows experience by allowing them to uninstall the OneDrive Photos experience independently. Removing the Photos experience does not uninstall the OneDrive app, interrupt file sync, or delete photos and files. This provides a clear removal option for people who prefer to manage their photos with another app. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568933 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568933 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:45:15 GMT After a recorded call is completed, use Copilot in the Queues app to quickly catch up on key details, uncover insights, and resolve customer issues faster without having to manually search through a transcript or listen back to a recording. Navigate to the unified call history in the Queues app, select the recorded call record, and launch the Copilot Chat sidecar from within the Recap tab. You can then ask Copilot to generate a summary or answer questions about specific details related to the ca... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569020 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM569020 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 21:45:15 GMT Microsoft is adding anchored comments to the PDF viewer in OneDrive and SharePoint on the web. Users can attach a comment to a specific spot on a page, to selected text, and collaborate through replies and @mentions — bringing PDF review to parity with commenting in Office documents. This feature will be on by default and requires no admin action. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562662 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562662 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:57:59 GMT The new Copilot Notebooks design in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app now lets users organize related chats, output creations, and references into a persistent AI workspace. Copilot uses the Notebook's accumulated context to ground responses, so work continues across sessions instead of starting over each time. While this is the quicker, light-weight Notebooks experience, you can still find the fuller, workspace-forward experience in OneNote. Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM497998 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM497998 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:57:59 GMT "Microsoft Places is an AI-powered workplace app for flexible work. Places helps organizations reimagine flexible work with AI, enables employees to connect more easily in person so that they can make the most of in-office days. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM500872 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM500872 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:57:59 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/RM516577 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM516577 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:57:59 GMT We will support creating Planner tasks and plans querying Planner information in M365 Copilot chat, allowing users to manage their tasks and plans between Copilot and Planner seamlessly. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564969 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564969 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:57:59 GMT Teams Rooms on Windows users can now benefit from next generation IntelliFrame features on certified AI-capable cameras with on-device video processing. With IntelliFrame’s expanded AI data channel, participants experience faster active speaker framing, people recognition and labels, and more responsive meeting views—even when network conditions are limited. These capabilities are available with Teams Rooms Pro. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568369 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568369 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:57:59 GMT Enable educators to assign different content (attachments, resources, instructions) to different Individual Groups within a single Assignment. Today teachers must create separate assignments to differentiate — one for advanced readers, another for struggling students, etc. This feature collapses that into one assignment with group-specific content mapping. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568370 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568370 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:57:59 GMT IT administrators can manage access to Learning Activities and Teach from the Microsoft 365 admin center. Configure Learning Activities separately for educators and for students ages 13 and older and enable or disable Teach for educators to align AI experiences with your organization's policies and deployment readiness. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568078 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568078 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:57:59 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/RM568075 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568075 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:57:59 GMT Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention and Information Protection Auto-labeling capabilities now extend to non-Microsoft connected apps (e.g., Google Workspace, Box, Dropbox, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Amazon Web Services, and Cisco Webex). The conditions and actions supported for each of these applications vary. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568789 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568789 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:54:24 GMT People using Outlook for iOS on iPhone and iPad will see refreshed interface elements aligned with the latest Liquid Glass iOS visual experience, including modernized app chrome, navigation, and use of screen space. It will be enabled by default with no administrator action required. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568762 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568762 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:54:24 GMT Agent Readiness gives makers a real-time, always-visible health check for their Copilot Studio agents. A single "Review" indicator in the build experience surfaces anything blocking or at risk — from policy restrictions to missing evaluations — before it derails a publish. Blocked capabilities are grayed out up front with a clear reason, so makers never waste time configuring something that was never going to work. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot Studio https://mc.merill.net/message/RM405754 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM405754 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 21:59:36 GMT This feature adds support for importing PST files into Outlook for Mac. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561033 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561033 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT This dashboard will allow admins to view the device health across all their devices to ensure the system is healthy and ready to receive policy updates and quickly identify devices that are not ready. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558853 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558853 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT Teams rooms on Windows and Android, Panels and Teams Phones now supports Entra Resource Accounts for secure, passwordless sign-in that separates device and user identities. IT admins can migrate to Entra accounts easily with the migration wizard, and track progress using a dashboard in the Pro Management portal. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559386 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559386 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT Manage call queues and engage with customers wherever work takes you. The Queues app on Teams mobile enables on the go workers to stay connected and responsive when handling customer calls. Calling representatives and supervisor leads can view assigned queues, opt in or out of a queue's call routing, and review their call history—all from their mobile device. Supervisor leads can also bulk manage queue participation for their teams. With seamless mobile access, the Queues app helps teams respond... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555880 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555880 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT When creating a presentation with Copilot in PowerPoint using Agent Mode, you can reference an existing PowerPoint file, so Copilot applies its theme and styles to the new deck, keeping the design consistent. Updated June 5, 2026: This feature is still in development and will begin rolling out mid-June 2026. We apologize for the inconvenience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553223 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553223 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT The voice tethering feature builds on the recent introduction of Sign Language Mode. It ensures that when an interpreter voices for a D/HH signer, captions and transcripts attribute the spoken content to the signer rather than the interpreter. This provides accurate representation in meetings and makes it clear who is contributing to the conversation. It also improves downstream meeting intelligence such as Copilot so that notes, summaries, action items, and insights are attributed to the correc... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555878 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555878 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT When creating a presentation with Copilot in PowerPoint using Agent Mode, you can reference an existing PowerPoint file, so Copilot applies its theme and styles to the new deck, keeping formatting consistent. Updated June 5, 2026: This feature is still in development and will begin rolling out mid-June 2026. We apologize for the inconvenience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM552598 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM552598 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT To better align with user expectations, site permissions are changing to look and work both in context on a website that is requesting permissions and when navigating to permissions from Settings. On a website that is requesting permissions, there are changes to the Omnibox and the Page Info dialog and permissions will be easier to see and modify in Settings. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM523205 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM523205 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT Interact in real time with read aloud in Word with Copilot. While your document is being read aloud, you can ask questions with your voice—such as “What does this mean?” or “Summarize this section”—and get answers instantly. No need to pause and search manually. This keeps you in context, reduces interruptions, and helps you understand and act faster. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Word https://mc.merill.net/message/RM502524 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM502524 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT This feature allows MAC endpoints to optimize Microsoft Teams in VDI environments with the new SlimCore-based media engine, providing an expanded feature set and multiple improvements in quality, reliability and performance. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555879 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555879 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT When creating a presentation with Copilot in PowerPoint using Agent Mode, you can reference an existing PowerPoint file, so Copilot applies its theme and styles to the new deck, keeping formatting consistent. Updated June 5, 2026: This feature is still in development and will begin rolling out mid-June 2026. We apologize for the inconvenience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562035 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562035 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT We’re raising the bar on clarity and control with Interpreter. Admins can fully disable voice simulation via PowerShell when needed. Each speaker is automatically assigned a distinct voice, making multi-speaker conversations easier to follow. We’re reducing distractions by showing shimmer effects only to Interpreter users. We’ve added audio notifications to confirm activation, and we’ve introduced in-product feedback mechanisms so users can easily share their input. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564912 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564912 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT Users can more easily use their laptop for meetings and collaboration in spaces like focus or huddle rooms that don’t yet have a Teams Rooms system. The new room optimization mode replaces shared display mode, has a new location, and enables or disables room-specific features. When room peripherals are connected, Teams can automatically select audio and video devices, enable speaker recognition and shared display, and disable voice isolation. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564613 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564613 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT Organizers and presenters who have access to production tools will see updated layout options when sharing content in the "Manage what attendees see" experience for Teams events. The available layouts are "Speaker focused", "Content focused", and "Content only". The new Speaker focused layout prioritizes presenter video alongside shared content for greater visibility. This feature is available for Teams events organizers with a Teams Enterprise license. This feature is available on Teams for Win... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565870 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565870 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT We are expanding Microsoft Purview DLP for Microsoft 365 Copilot to safeguard web searches containing sensitive data. This real-time control helps organizations mitigate data leakage and oversharing risks by preventing Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat from using sensitive data for external web search. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566872 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566872 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT We have decided not to move forward with this change at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. Copilot in Excel improves complex web search quality with a multi-agent search system that coordinates parallel research, verifies findings, and re-checks gaps when needed, delivering faster and more complete answers across multiple sources. Excel Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567298 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567298 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT Organizations can allow external presenters to manage Teams events by granting them access to production controls. Federated (B2B) and guest users can be specified in the "Who has control of production tools" setting, enabling trusted external presenters to run events and manage what attendees see. This feature supports organizations that work with third-party event producers and vendors. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567461 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567461 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 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/RM568781 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568781 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT Attendees can take advantage of proximity join with Teams Rooms on Windows and/or Android for fast, effortless connection to nearby room systems during Teams events, such as town halls, webinars, and structured meetings. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568782 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568782 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT Administrators can monitor meeting and call health across the organization, uncover recurring patterns, and proactively troubleshoot issues impacting users in both active and completed meetings and calls. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568761 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568761 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT OneDrive is updating its integration with the iOS Files app to use Apple's Replicated File Provider API. This update provides end-user improvements such as better upload progress. As part of the change, read-only Shared and Libraries locations will no longer appear in the Files app integration. Users can use Add to OneDrive for shared content and libraries they need to access, including write access where permitted. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568787 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568787 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT Microsoft Edge is changing how it selects the local network address reported to proxy auto-config (PAC) scripts and is adding administrator control over it. The default IPv4 and IPv6 probe destinations now match Chromium’s defaults. Administrators can override these defaults using the PacMyIpAddressIPv4ProbeAddress and PacMyIpAddressIPv6ProbeAddress policies when required by their network routing. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568792 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568792 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT Microsoft Planner will be updated with a cleaner, more modern interface, improved navigation, responsive layouts, and a more consistent experience across Planner in Teams and Planner for the web. This update also introduces Goals in basic plans. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562413 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562413 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:32 GMT Easily find keyboard shortcuts with a new searchable experience in Microsoft Teams. Search by shortcut name or enter part of a key combination directly in the dialog. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561032 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561032 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 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/RM559989 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559989 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 GMT Get answers to queries quickly with Copilot's concise AI summaries at the top of Outlook search results. Users can dig deeper by opening Copilot chat directly from the Copilot summary card. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558538 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558538 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 GMT Responses are generated by GPT and Claude working together, with GPT drafting an initial response and Claude reviewing for increased response accuracy, completeness, and citation integrity. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM522616 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM522616 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 GMT Highlight a sentence, paragraph, or table from the response and ask Copilot to work only on that selection. Get focused explanations, concise summaries, quick translations, or next steps for the exact passage you’re reviewing—no more over broad answers. Your selection is previewed in the prompt so you can edit before you send. It’s a faster, more controlled way to get help right where you’re working. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557558 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557558 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 GMT Enabling localization for the default Mark and Notify email template used in admin review and automation flows for user reported messages. This ensures end users receive review outcome notifications in their preferred language, improving understanding, trust, and participation in email reporting within Microsoft Defender for Office 365. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Defender for Office 365 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM547834 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM547834 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 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. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM513278 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM513278 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 GMT Planner in Outlook brings all your tasks, plans, and the new Planner Agent directly into your inbox, so you can manage work where you already work. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561488 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561488 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 GMT A refreshed design for the Microsoft 365 Copilot web and desktop app simplifies the user experience to drive engagement with Copilot. This includes updates to the chat home screen, chat response layout, and navigation pane. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553213 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553213 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 GMT Council in Researcher runs multiple leading AI models from different providers in parallel in one place, so you can quickly compare outputs and see consensus vs. conflict) to make high-stakes decisions with greater confidence—without switching tools. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561208 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561208 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 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/RM566856 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566856 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 GMT Expanded Pro Management Portal (PMP) health monitoring for Teams Rooms on Android by surfacing device health signals including storage health, Teams meeting app, calendar sync, secondary display health and network. When issues are detected, PMP will automatically generate actionable alerts and support ticket creation workflows, enabling IT administrators to proactively identify and triage room health issues before they impact meeting experiences. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561035 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561035 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 GMT When users are signed in with a work account, some Microsoft 365 sites (for example, microsoft.com, cloud.microsoft, and microsoft365.com) may open authentication pop-up windows to Microsoft sign-in endpoints such as login.microsoftonline.com, login.live.com, or login.microsoft.com. These pop-ups are required to complete sign-in. Microsoft Edge now allows authentication pop-up windows from Microsoft first party services by default. Admins can control availability to this feature using the M365Au... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565215 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565215 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 GMT Administrators can enable automatic recording and transcription for Teams call queues. When enabled, calls answered by calling representatives are automatically recorded without manual action. Admins configure the feature per queue via Teams admin center or PowerShell, with controls for recording, transcription and agent access to recordings. Recordings are stored in SharePoint and available through the Queues app call history. Note: Queues app requires a Teams Premium license. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562996 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562996 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 GMT Copilot memory within Researcher brings forward relevant context from your past interactions—helping ground insights, personalize outputs, and reduce repetitive setup as you explore complex topics. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568079 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568079 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 GMT Users can now insert images into their email signature directly from OneDrive, in addition to the device photo library. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568760 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568760 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 GMT You can now filter your messages for calendar invitations. Simply go to the filter and select Events from the drop down. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568763 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568763 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 GMT We're introducing a set of left-navigation improvements in Viva Engage on the web that give people more control over their navigation pane. These are additive, user-driven changes — users can collapse the left nav, resize its width, favorite up to 50 communities, and drag to reorder their favorited communities. None of these changes alter which destinations appear in the navigation. These enhancements are applicable to all surfaces that have the Engage left navigation menu - Web, and the Engage... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568785 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568785 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 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/RM568791 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568791 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 GMT Microsoft Planner will be updated with a cleaner, more modern interface, improved navigation, responsive layouts, and a more consistent experience across Planner in Teams and Planner for the web. This update also introduces Goals in basic plans. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561652 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561652 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:45:42 GMT Microsoft Edge is introducing support for passkey synchronization for enterprise users, enabling secure, passwordless authentication across devices. Passkeys created in Edge can now be synced seamlessly, improving sign-in experience while maintaining strong security standards. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557563 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557563 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:55:03 GMT OneDrive desktop sync users now get clearer, more actionable guidance when file paths exceed the supported 520-character limit. The updated experience shows exactly how many characters a path is over the limit and offers a guided flow to rename or move the affected items so they can sync. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555852 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555852 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:55:03 GMT This update introduces a co-branding experience in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app that helps organizations present an admin approved visual identifier directly within the Chat screen. Specifically, the experience enables administrators to leverage the organization-supported logo already managed in the Microsoft Admin Center theming settings and display it in the footer of the Chat screen, paired with a fixed label: “Approved by”. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567320 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567320 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:55:03 GMT A Copilot-powered conversational assistant embedded in the Viva Glint admin experience that answers configuration and how-to questions and provides step-by-step guidance. Responses will include deep links to configuration pages streamlining navigation and discoverability. Only available for Viva Glint users with Admin permissions. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559605 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559605 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:55:03 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/RM495002 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM495002 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:55:03 GMT You can now interact with your favorite apps directly from Teams chat and channels compose box using slash commands. Type / and start interacting with Apps and Agents, invoke workflows and more. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560813 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560813 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:55:03 GMT Large file sharing in Teams today introduces blocking behavior, forcing users to wait for uploads to complete and disrupting real-time collaboration. To improve productivity and reduce perceived latency, we are introducing asynchronous file uploads. This allows users to continue sending messages while the file uploads in the background, enabling a more seamless and uninterrupted collaboration experience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568366 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568366 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:55:03 GMT Microsoft Edge now helps further protect users from malicious web notifications. When a notification leads users to a site that Microsoft Defender SmartScreen blocks as a scam, phishing, or malware page, Edge automatically stops that source from sending users further notifications and lets users know. Users can review and restore any of these sites anytime under edge://settings/privacy/sitePermissions/allPermissions/notifications. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561486 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561486 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:55:03 GMT Microsoft Edge is introducing improvements to help users quickly resolve website issues directly from the browser. When a site is not functioning as expected, users may be guided to relevant troubleshooting options such as adjusting tracking prevention settings (e.g., Strict mode) and reviewing site-specific configurations. This experience surfaces relevant actions in-context to help users restore site functionality without navigating deep into settings. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566866 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566866 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:55:03 GMT The Task Details Side Pane lets you view and edit task details in a side pane while keeping your Board, Grid, or My Tasks view visible. Update tasks without losing context or switching back and forth from modal dialogs. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567306 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567306 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:55:03 GMT Call delegation in Teams now includes new controls that give delegators greater privacy and control during active calls. Delegators can lock an ongoing call to prevent delegates from joining or resuming the call and can optionally enable warning tones that notify participants when a delegate joins or resumes a call. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567302 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567302 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:55:03 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/RM567457 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567457 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:55:03 GMT Calls to an Auto Attendant that are routed to voicemail will now appear directly within Queues app. This enables organizations to manage shared Auto Attendant voicemails in a centralized experience, making it easier for teams to track, triage, and respond to customer messages. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561038 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561038 Mon, 03 Aug 2026 22:55:03 GMT The new report provides SharePoint Advanced Management admins complete item level details of permissions granted to Everyone except external user and Everyone special SharePoint groups. Microsoft 365 Roadmap SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM501111 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM501111 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:54:12 GMT Users in GCC-M will be able to use custom engine agents. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503771 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503771 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:54:12 GMT Users in GCC-H will be able to use custom engine agents. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503772 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503772 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:54:12 GMT Users in DoD will be able to use custom engine agents. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM530578 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM530578 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:54:12 GMT Microsoft Edge is unifying the tracking prevention experience for non-InPrivate and InPrivate browsing windows. Microsoft Edge will use the same tracking prevention setting as a normal browsing window when in InPrivate mode. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557561 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557561 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:54:12 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/RM558435 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558435 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:54:12 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/RM560823 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560823 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:54:12 GMT When a user performs a search on google.com from a work profile, Microsoft Edge can detect whether organization-specific results are available for that query. When relevant results are found, a banner is shown with a link to explore those work results with Microsoft 365 Copilot. This builds on the existing experience already available on Bing and extends it to Google, helping users seamlessly access work-related information regardless of their search engine. Admins can control access to this fea... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566322 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566322 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:54:12 GMT Capture on Windows helps you bring conversations and ideas from meetings, brainstorming sessions, and everyday work into Copilot Notebooks. Capture audio, images, and notes in one experience, then let Copilot turn them into structured notes with key insights, decisions, and action items, in a Copilot Notebook of your choice Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) OneNote https://mc.merill.net/message/RM554938 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM554938 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:54:12 GMT For desktop users, Microsoft Edge can now autofill additional document types—including passports, driver’s licenses, and other specialized forms—on top of your saved addresses. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503551 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503551 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:01:43 GMT The new Outlook for web and Windows now offers expanded Conditional Formatting options, allowing you to highlight emails based on size, read/unread status, presence of attachments, flag settings, categories, or importance. These enhanced rules make it easier to identify critical messages at a glance and visually organize your folders. #newoutlookforwindows Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558255 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558255 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:01:43 GMT We have decided not to move forward with this change at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. SMB Admins can use Microsoft 365 Admin Agent in Microsoft Teams to complete common admin tasks and get guidance on critical setup actions. Admin Agent can add users and assign licenses on behalf of the admin, as well as provide guidance on key SMB related topics such as organisation setup, security settings, and password resets—without leaving the Teams interface. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM543425 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM543425 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:01:43 GMT We’re introducing new rule actions in the new Outlook for Web and Windows to give users greater flexibility and control. This includes Clear Categories, Clear Flag, Complete Flag, and Flag Message, enabling more precise automation of message organization and follow‑up workflows. #newoutlookforwindows Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558933 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558933 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:01:43 GMT Admins can enable a tenant-wide policy that allows Copilot (and Facilitator) to retain key insights from meetings beyond transcript retention periods. This enables Copilot to continue answering questions about past meetings even after transcripts expire. Admins can also configure how long this AI-generated meeting archive is stored. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561914 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561914 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:01:43 GMT We are providing a new configuration experience in Teams Admin Center where tenant admins can enable and customize an explicit consent message before joining any meeting hosted in their organization. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566699 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566699 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 23:01:43 GMT Discussion post previews allow users to review how their discussion posts will appear before publishing, helping them catch formatting issues, validate content, and post with greater confidence. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM392328 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM392328 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:07:26 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/RM410366 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM410366 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:07:26 GMT With this new feature, users on the new VDI solution for Teams can blur their background, choose a Teams virtual background, or replace their background entirely with any image they want by uploading it through the "Video effects and Settings" option. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560318 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560318 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:07:26 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/RM560700 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560700 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:07:26 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 Android. 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/RM562354 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562354 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:07:26 GMT Copilot Answers in Copilot Search (in the M365 Copilot App on web and desktop) will provide more concise responses and more prominently highlight the ability to continue in the conversation in Copilot chat on the right-hand sidebar. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557165 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557165 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:07:26 GMT When a Teams Rooms on Windows 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/RM567890 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567890 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:07:26 GMT We are increasing the maximum auto-labeling capacity for SharePoint and OneDrive from 100,000 up to 500,000 files per tenant per day. This helps organizations label and protect more of their data at rest, faster, closing labeling gaps across existing content. With sensitivity labels and protection settings applied to more files sooner, organizations can better prepare their data estate for Microsoft 365 Copilot with greater confidence. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567887 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567887 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:07:26 GMT Viva Connections multi-home site management is moving from the Microsoft 365 admin center (MAC) to the SharePoint Admin Center (SPAC). Administrators will be able to create and manage multiple Home sites, configure audience targeting, manage home site priority order, and remove Home sites directly from SPAC. Existing entry points in the Microsoft 365 admin center will direct administrators to the new SPAC experience. As part of this update, legacy Viva Connections (VC) instances and draft/enable... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568072 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568072 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:07:26 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/RM568364 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568364 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:07:26 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/RM568365 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568365 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:07:26 GMT Microsoft Edge now lets users import their Google account data - including passwords, bookmarks, history, and autofill data - directly from Edge Settings, at any time after setup. Previously, users had no way to import this data from a Google account outside the first-run experience. With this update, the import flow is unified into a single, streamlined entry point in Settings that combines import from Google Chrome import and Google account. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566864 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566864 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:07:26 GMT Ask Copilot about an image in Edge enables users to instantly analyze images from the web by sending them directly to Copilot from the Edge context menu, making it easy to ask questions, gain insights, and understand visual content without leaving their browsing experience. Admins can control availability to this feature using the EdgeEntraCopilotPageContext and Microsoft365CopilotChatIconEnabled policies. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM497844 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM497844 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Flexible layouts and rich UX components will enable makers to build highly expressive agents, ultimately driving increased user engagement and virality. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559482 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559482 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 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/RM558341 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558341 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 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/RM558286 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558286 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 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/RM557683 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557683 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT The Data Security Triage Agent in Insider Risk Management is deploying enhancements such as improved user risk and activity explorer pattern summaries to support improved investigation accuracy, context, and decision quality. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557676 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557676 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Admins will be able to define a tenant‑wide default value for the Mail Compose and Reply setting that controls whether commas are used to separate recipients. Updated June 2, 2026: We are in the process of correcting an issue with setting the policy. We expect to complete in mid-June. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557559 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557559 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 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/RM555858 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555858 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Tenant admins can enable a meeting policy setting that generates 8 digit numeric-only passcodes for meetings organized by selected users/groups. Because numeric-only passcodes increase the risk of unauthorized access, enabling the setting displays a warning and requires explicit confirmation. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM548648 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM548648 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT With Teams Rooms on Windows consoles, you can quickly book a meeting room for immediate use, helping to avoid scheduling conflicts and ensure uninterrupted spontaneous meetings. Available in Teams Rooms Pro-licensed rooms. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM380842 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM380842 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT When drafting content using the inline canvas Copilot experience that's based on referenced sources, Copilot includes citations in the text it generates, indicating references to information in the content. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Word https://mc.merill.net/message/RM513274 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM513274 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Your Viva Engage communities will now be available in Teams along side teams, chats and channels. Engage communities in Microsoft Teams make it simple to connect, share, and learn across your organization. This new experience brings discoverable, asynchronous conversations and leadership engagement into Teams—helping employees explore ideas and perspectives beyond project-based collaboration. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM500242 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM500242 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Intelligent meeting recap uses AI to provide a quick summary of your meeting, highlighting key discussion points, identifying follow-up actions, and offering quick access to significant points such as name mentions, when a screen was shared, individualized speaker markers, topics, and chapters. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM498923 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM498923 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Introduction of a new report that provides transparency into platform activity by dashboard users. Metrics such as report views, Team Conversations completed, Focus Areas created, and more will be visible and filterable with this report. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM494999 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM494999 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT M365 Archive will introduce new search capabilities that allow end-users to easily identify archived content. This feature aims to improve productivity by making archived data searchable by end users so they can identify which site needs to be reactivated. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM479965 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM479965 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT With this feature update, when a user clicks a link to a shared folder from Teams chat, channels, email, or other places, they will navigate to the shared folder within the People view of their own OneDrive. This new view, organized by people, will show and allow access to all the files and folders that have been shared with the user. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559617 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559617 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT AI and IT admins in Microsoft Admin Center can 1) gain visibility around oversharing risks and drive remediations 2) Understand how much of sensitive copilot interactions are protected and turn on Purview DLP for M365 Copilot right from there. Enables secure adoption of Copilot. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM85606 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM85606 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Microsoft has decided to not move forward with Communication Compliance integration with Power Automate Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM394279 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM394279 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 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/RM543713 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM543713 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Users can now rate the quality of their calls and meetings and provide additional feedback on calling, video, and screen-sharing experiences to help organizations ensure consistent, high-quality experiences. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559996 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559996 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Customers can now view and understand their agent landscape through the new Overview page that will be included as part of the Agent Dashboard in Microsoft Viva. This experience will provide customers with key at-a-glance insights on adoption in their organizations and visibility into who’s creating agents used in their organization. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559106 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559106 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Introduce an AI-powered capability leveraging Microsoft Security Copilot to automatically generate natural language explanations of changes made to DLP policies after each update within Microsoft Purview. This feature will analyze policy version deltas (pre-update vs. post-update) and produce a structured, human-readable summary that clearly explains: What changed Where the change occurred (rule, condition, action, location, etc.) The impact of the change The potential enforcement implications T... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560820 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560820 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 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/RM568368 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568368 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 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/RM568367 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568367 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT You can now reschedule events by dragging them to a new time slot in your calendar. This feature is available in day and multi day views. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568217 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568217 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Apply sensitivity labels to Microsoft Entra cloud security groups to extend the classification and governance you already use for Microsoft 365 groups. The same labels you publish in the Microsoft Purview portal and configure for groups and sites apply automatically to cloud security groups, with no separate label configuration required. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567886 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567886 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT AI-powered Status Report in Planner Agent turns your plan data into a polished, stakeholder-ready update in minutes. Just ask Planner Agent for a status report and it pulls your task data and transforms it into a clear narrative covering overall status, progress, risks, and what's next. You can easily customize the report to your needs by specifying the audience, tone, length, and sections you want. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567008 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567008 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Surface new model-driven, dynamically placed Answer Cards across top 7 segments: weather, sports, finance, images, video, places and news for Entra & MSA users across all surfaces. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Mobile https://mc.merill.net/message/RM515145 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM515145 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Workforce Insights (WFI) Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot is an agent designed to help leaders, managers, and their delegates quickly understand their organization by turning complex workforce data into clear, actionable insights. With WFI Agent, leaders can quickly explore their organization’s structure, team composition, skills inventories, and flexible work patterns to move from insight to action in a single, unified experience directly in Copilot or Teams. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567469 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567469 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Presenting PowerPoint slides in Teams just got better. PowerPoint Live now supports light mode, giving presenters the option to present in light, dark, classic, or high contrast mode based on their preferences and system settings. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567468 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567468 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT The updated Gallery view in Teams Rooms on Android prioritizes video on the meeting stage, arranges participants in consistent aspect ratios, and minimizes movement of participant tiles on stage. Users can hide the room self-preview video and choose to see audio and video participants equally on stage, instead of prioritizing video participants. Admins can choose the default behavior using local device settings and the Pro Management portal. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567313 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567313 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 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 getting deprecated by OCT 2026. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565865 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565865 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 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/RM564766 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564766 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Admins will be able to manage Teams built-in agents across core Teams experiences, including chats, channels, and meetings, through a dedicated experience in the Teams admin center. From a centralized location, admins can control agents’ availability for users and groups. These agents will be enabled by default for licensed users and managed independently from org-wide Microsoft app settings. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564608 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564608 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Feature description: Model Context Protocol (MCP) based agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will now be able to surface rich, interactive UI widgets directly within chat. This enhancement enables developers to deliver more engaging and structured agent interactions. Users will experience these widgets when interacting with agents that implement them, and admins will continue to manage these agents through the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562345 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562345 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 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/RM562341 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562341 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Organizations now have expanded meeting interoperability with two-way Direct Guest Join (DGJ) between Google Meet and Teams meetings. Teams Rooms on Windows devices can join Google Meet meetings, and Google Meet devices can join Teams meetings. Users can join with one click through the calendar or by meeting ID. This capability is now available for both Commercial (Feb 2026) and Government cloud environments. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562051 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562051 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT When DLP rules detect policy violations in Exchange Online, they generate audit records that administrators rely on for compliance monitoring, incident investigation, and policy tuning. Previously, these records only showed Sensitive Information Type matches. This feature aims to extend that to sender domain, subject keywords, attachment type, or recipient information. Now they will be visible in alerts and Activity Explorer providing data enrichment to the administrators. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568372 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568372 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 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/RM561034 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561034 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 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/RM561206 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561206 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT We are introducing a new dedicated License Requests page in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center to help admins more easily discover, review, and manage Microsoft 365 Copilot license requests submitted by users. Microsoft 365 admin center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560600 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560600 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT Today, Insider Risk Management (IRM) provides policy-driven protection for data leaks, data theft, and risky AI usage. However, while policy-driven protections are powerful, customers may not always have clear visibility into where coverage can be optimized or expanded to address latent insider risk. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568371 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568371 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 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/RM560708 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560708 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 22:43:45 GMT AI-powered intent for classifiers: Microsoft Purview Information Protection will generate a human-readable semantic intent for custom Sensitive Information Types (SITs), helping customers better understand what their classifiers detect and refine them for higher accuracy and fewer false positives. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553219 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553219 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:00:08 GMT Buildings, rooms and desks that are added to the Places directory will have new profile cards, accessible from Copilot Chat and across other Microsoft 365 entry points. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560324 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560324 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 22:00:08 GMT Data Lifecycle Management (DLM) billing will be based on the volume of data retained. For example, any number of non‑Microsoft 365 generative AI prompts and responses that collectively amount to 1 GB of retained data will be billed at $0.25 per GB per month (equivalent to ~$0.0082 per GB per day). In the updated model, DLM is billed based on the total volume of text messages managed by a DLM policy. Each non‑Microsoft 365 generative AI prompt and response is treated as an individual text message... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568073 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568073 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:27:16 GMT Campaigns in SharePoint (site campaigns) is a new capability that brings Viva Amplify’ s campaign management natively into SharePoint. Corporate communications teams now have a unified place to create, distribute, and measure their news without leaving the platform where their news content already lives. This feature applies only to Amplify users as of now. This is a complementary way to create lighter weight campaigns inside a SharePoint site as a way to organize your SharePoint news posts and... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM502541 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM502541 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:27:16 GMT Improved discovery of Copilot connector sources in Microsoft 365 Copilot (optionally add chat) with Content Source filter(s). Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM513275 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM513275 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:27:16 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/RM503590 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503590 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:27:16 GMT Support connection edit of user mapping, query filter for ServiceNow Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM542181 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM542181 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:27:16 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/RM498640 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM498640 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:27:16 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/RM502533 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM502533 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:27:16 GMT Rich entity representation for connectors in Search results. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559990 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559990 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:27:16 GMT Get Copilot suggestions in the Outlook search menu to help you stay on top of your inbox and calendar, find what you are looking for and get more done in Outlook. Update July 23: We have decided not to move forward with this change at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564612 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564612 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:27:16 GMT We have decided not to move forward with this change at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience. Teams enables search directly within the compose box using @mentions, allowing you to quickly find and insert Files, Chats, Channels, and Meetings without leaving your message. By extending @mentions beyond people, Teams provides a more unified and efficient way to reference content in context. This experience reduces context switching and helps streamline collaboration within conversations. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565905 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565905 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:27:16 GMT A new admin control in the People Skills settings lets administrators permanently remove their organization's People Skills data from the tenant. With this new control, organizations can delete their entire skills library along with all users confirmed, inferred, and imported skills data—giving them full control to offboard from People Skills in support of data governance and compliance needs. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566470 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566470 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:27:16 GMT AI spend and usage insights for GitHub Copilot will be available on Viva Insights for managers with at least 5 direct reports (scoped access), Global analysts and Microsoft Global administrators. They can track spend and make data-driven decisions for AI spend and usage in GitHub Copilot. The dashboard is enabled by default to ensure immediate access. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567883 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567883 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:27:16 GMT Administrators using the Microsoft 365 admin center and Teams admin center will be able to apply app and agent installation changes once and have them consistently enforced across Teams, Outlook, and Microsoft 365 Copilot. Previously, installation changes made in the Microsoft 365 admin center only applied to Outlook and Microsoft 365, while changes made in the Teams admin center only applied to Teams. With this update, app and agent installation is unified across all supported surfaces, enablin... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559105 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559105 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 23:27:16 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/RM567007 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567007 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:41:54 GMT We've introduced a new experience for Copilot in the apps—a consistent entry point across apps that sits above your work and understands the context beneath it. Rather than scattering touchpoints across the interface, it anchors Copilot as one connected system across Microsoft 365, surfacing relevant actions that help you stay in flow. With this release, we are rolling out this new experience - already available across other Outlook endpoints, as well as in Word, Excel and PowerPoint - to classi... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566201 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566201 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:41:54 GMT Extending the admin controls provided for managing external AI bots and regulating their access to your meetings, we are adding the option to automatically block all identified bots. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568074 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM568074 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:41:54 GMT This feature allows SharePoint News authors to distribute posts to an Engage community or storyline while preserving full fidelity rendering and a unified conversation experience. SharePoint News post will appear consistently in Engage across feeds, digests, Outlook, Teams, desktop, web and mobile apps. When distributed, the SharePoint News comments module is replaced with the richer Engage conversation module, ensuring a single, shared discussion thread across surfaces. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555855 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555855 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:37:32 GMT When in a meeting with another Teams Rooms on Windows that has multiple cameras, you can switch camera views in that room via the participant panel on the console, or video tile on a touch board, to optimize your views. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499898 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499898 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:37:32 GMT Agents in Viva Engage communities supports communities by answering questions, facilitating knowledge sharing, citing sources, and scaling expertise. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM512429 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM512429 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:37:32 GMT Microsoft 365 Chat brings the power of conversational AI directly into Microsoft 365 Copilot Search, enabling users to move effortlessly from finding information to acting on it. Search results become the foundation for contextual chat, allowing you to ask follow-up questions, synthesize insights, and generate content—all in one unified experience. This integration reduces workflow fragmentation, accelerates decision-making, and delivers a more intuitive way to interact with your organization’s... Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM537281 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM537281 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:37:32 GMT Copilot Chat will be available for Microsoft 365 Copilot users from the side pane on the right-hand side when using Copilot Search in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. This allows users to engage with Copilot while browsing universal search without switching pages or losing context. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM541830 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM541830 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:37:32 GMT With new branded reactions, organizations can now extend their visual identity directly into meetings. IT admins simply upload custom reaction icons reflecting brand elements or event themes, and these instantly become available for meeting participants. A simple way to create more cohesive, on-brand meeting experiences. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557190 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557190 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:37:32 GMT File Quarantine action in Microsoft Purview DLP for SharePoint and OneDrive, enables stronger, immediate protection for sensitive data. When a DLP policy is triggered, the File Quarantine action automatically moves the file to a restricted, admin‑controlled & defined quarantine location—instantly removing access for all users while preserving the file for review and investigation. This capability helps organizations contain data‑exposure risks, prevents further sharing or misuse, and delivers a... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560321 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560321 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:37:32 GMT You can now customize the meeting toolbar by pinning, unpinning, and reordering controls to match how you work. Raise Hand is grouped under Reactions to reduce mis-clicks, and Leave is clearly separated on the right. It may feel different at first, but it’s designed to be faster and easier to use. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561550 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561550 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:37:32 GMT Presenters can take advantage of proximity join with Teams Rooms on Windows or Android for fast, effortless connection to nearby room systems during Teams events, such as town halls, webinars, and structured meetings. This feature enables seamless live presentations. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564805 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564805 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:37:32 GMT We are introducing enhanced access policy management for Organizational Data in Microsoft 365. This update enables admins to release custom attributes to specific users or groups, rather than broadly to all employees or all managers. This provides a more conservative default approach for managing sensitive organizational data, while also supporting staged rollout of new attributes. Additionally, admins can configure whether leaders and managers are permitted to share non-public data with Workfor... Microsoft 365 admin center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566313 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566313 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:37:32 GMT Users can now work with SharePoint document library views directly from OneDrive. In addition to switching between existing views, users can create and manage views to customize how library content is organized and displayed. This helps teams surface the information that matters most while staying within the OneDrive experience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566351 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566351 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:37:32 GMT Seamlessly access your brand colors, images, icons, logos and more right within PowerPoint to create on-brand presentations. Microsoft 365 Roadmap PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558547 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558547 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:37:32 GMT Speed up analysis of exfiltrated content by launching Data Security Investigations (DSI) from endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) alerts. In DSI, define your endpoint DLP query (for example, time range, users, and endpoints). DSI then automatically gathers the related files that triggered the alerts for review (for example, UserA downloaded a file on 3/1/2026). Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM422323 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM422323 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:37:15 GMT With this new Summary feature in OneNote mobile, you can create a short and fluent summary of your longer pages which will help to consume relevant information faster. With the Question and Answer at your fingertips, you can get real-time answers to your queries directly within your notes, enhancing your ability to access and utilize information quickly and effectively. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) OneNote https://mc.merill.net/message/RM422324 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM422324 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:37:15 GMT With this new Summary feature in OneNote mobile, you can create a short and fluent summary of your longer pages which will help to consume relevant information faster. With the Question and Answer at your fingertips, you can get real-time answers to your queries directly within your notes, enhancing your ability to access and utilize information quickly and effectively. We inadvertently marked this item as rolling out and now have updated it to be accurate. We apologize for any inconvenience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) OneNote https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503144 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503144 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:37:15 GMT This feature will allow admins to specify a limited set of sites to exclude from web grounding in M365 Copilot and Copilot Chat #copilotcontrolsystem Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553220 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553220 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:37:15 GMT Administrators can now set organization-wide policies to automatically expire "People in your organization" sharing links after a specified period. This helps organizations maintain tighter control over internal content sharing by ensuring links don't remain active indefinitely. Configure expiration timeframes that align with your organization's data governance requirements—whether that's 30 days, 90 days, or a custom period. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558681 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558681 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:37:15 GMT Enhance current API infrastructure to provide easy and simple way for customers to export data to integrate with SIEM tools, create automated workflows and generate customizable reports. Today alert data is present in Graph API and DLP rule match event details are present in Management API. This work enriches the graph API with DLP event data to make correlation and integration easy for customers. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561647 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561647 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:37:15 GMT In the Events app in Teams, Teams events organizers will now be able to see if the chosen room or space they have selected for their event is available at the designated time or not. This feature is available for any Teams event organizer with a Teams Enterprise license. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561552 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561552 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:37:15 GMT We are expanding Microsoft Purview DLP for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat to safeguard risks from external emails. This real-time control helps organizations mitigate data risks by preventing Microsoft 365 Copilot and Chat from processing emails from senders external to your organization. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561915 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561915 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:37:15 GMT Organizers for Teams events instances will now be able to reuse their event configurations in the Events app in Teams. Organizers can save these configurations as a template in the Events app to use again for future Teams events. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561912 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561912 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:37:15 GMT Empower Chiefs of Staff and delegated roles to efficiently organize events on behalf of leaders or teams using shared or delegated mailboxes. By sending trusted invites from the chosen mailbox, this capability ensures consistent identity, improved trust, and smoother event setup. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564606 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564606 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:37:15 GMT Declarative Agents with Actions enable Microsoft 365 Copilot to take real-world actions by invoking APIs, plugins, and enterprise workflows directly within the chat experience. Using custom actions, declarative agents can call external systems, execute operations, and retrieve or update data, moving beyond Q&A to full task completion. These actions are powered through API plugins, MCP tools, and enterprise connectors, allowing seamless integration with line-of-business applications and services.... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565131 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565131 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:37:15 GMT Make and receive calls using multiple assigned phone numbers directly from your mobile device - choose the right line for every call, with unified call history and seamless switching across all your lines. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567889 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567889 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:37:15 GMT We've enhanced Flexible Sections in SharePoint Pages to make page layout creation more intuitive and predictable. Authors can now use visual column layout guides that mirror familiar sections, keep gridlines and layout guides visible while editing, and convert existing sections into Flexible Sections with a single click while preserving content placement. These improvements help authors create richer page designs with greater confidence and consistency across desktop, mobile, and email experienc... Microsoft 365 Roadmap SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567891 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567891 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:37:15 GMT This release enables M365 Copilot to reason over Power BI enterprise data and returns grounded answers directly from Power BI reports and semantic models. Users can ask natural‑language questions and receive accurate answers. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567894 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567894 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:37:15 GMT Previously, autonomous agents could only be used and managed by makers, limiting their reach to the people who needed them. Run-only sharing enables makers to securely share autonomous agents with end users, allowing users to benefit from agent-driven automation without requiring edit permissions or ownership. This extends autonomous agent capabilities to a broader audience while maintaining governance and control. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot Studio https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567895 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567895 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 22:37:15 GMT Multimodal capture enables users to transcribe audio, take images, and type notes in a single session. Copilot then creates a structured Copilot Page with insights and user-captured content, saved to a user-selected Copilot Notebook. Designed for capturing offline work moments—including in-person conversations, whiteboard sessions, and personal notes. This capability is already generally available on OneNote for iPhone and iPad. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) OneNote https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503553 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503553 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:12:56 GMT Specify and manage SharePoint sites deemed as authoritative content to enhance their relevance and ranking in Microsoft 365 Copilot Search. In the Microsoft 365 admin center, under Copilot > Search > Authoritative content, add and manage up to 100 SharePoint sites. #copilotcontrolsystem Microsoft 365 admin center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM522096 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM522096 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:12:56 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 Information Protection Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557255 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557255 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:12:56 GMT The Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention policy to restrict Microsoft 365 Copilot processing sensitive files in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint will now apply regardless of file storage location. Excel Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Purview PowerPoint Word https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557970 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557970 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:12:56 GMT Centralized notification settings streamline channel notification setup and management. Available in Teams settings, users have a single place to review and adjust notifications for all visible channels, instead of managing each individually. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560320 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560320 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:12:56 GMT Organizers can now use breakout rooms in Teams meetings with up to 1,000 attendees, enabling more interactive sessions, smaller group discussions, and improved audience engagement without compromising scale or performance. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567893 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567893 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:12:56 GMT Managers in organizations can now access their Agent 365 data through the Agent Dashboard in Copilot Analytics (Insights), enabling them to understand activity across all agents registered through Agent 365. Customers with Agent 365 and Copilot will now see the Agent 365 Dashboard with the ability to view historical data in Agent Dashboard. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567304 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567304 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:12:56 GMT We are introducing explicit recording and transcription consent support for PSTN participants joining Microsoft Teams meetings in GCC High and DoD environments. This feature is already available in Public and GCC clouds and is now being extended to sovereign environments. After this rollout, when a meeting is being recorded or transcribed, PSTN participants will be prompted to provide explicit consent before they can unmute and participate. If consent is not provided, participants will remain mu... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567670 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567670 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:12:56 GMT Agents that are published to Agents 365 are already managed in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. If the agent implements the Agent2Agent protocol, it can be used as a connected agent for the agents that users build in Agent Builder or Copilot Studio. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567884 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567884 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:12:56 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/RM567888 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567888 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:12:56 GMT We're making it easier to tell when receiving meeting invites that conflict with scheduled Out of Office time or Busy All Day events, on Outlook Web and Outlook for Windows. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567315 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567315 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 22:12:56 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/RM562353 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562353 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:08:19 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/RM566695 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566695 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:08:19 GMT The OneDrive and SharePoint web PDF viewer will block screen capture in Microsoft Edge when users open PDFs whose sensitivity (MIP) label without Copy (EXTRACT) permission. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566703 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566703 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:08:19 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/RM565132 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565132 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:08:19 GMT Microsoft Teams introduces flexible presets for channel notifications, allowing you to choose between All new messages, @mentions and replies, or Mute. You can further customize alerts for unfollowed threads, tags, and channel or team mentions, as well as control banner notifications for the channel. This added flexibility enables you to set notifications to match to your work style and reduce unnecessary distractions. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM380721 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM380721 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:55:27 GMT This introduces a new DLP rule action to trigger custom Power automate workflows when a DLP rule is violated. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM477371 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM477371 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:55:27 GMT This introduces archiving at the file level for Microsoft 365 Archive. Microsoft 365 Roadmap SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM534607 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM534607 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:55:27 GMT Engages theme moderation feature is a powerful AI tool to monitor and moderate content. With this update, images can now match to themes, just like text. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553594 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553594 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:55:27 GMT With AI Interpreter, Teams Phone Devices provide real‑time language interpretation directly within the call experience. Users can participate naturally in multilingual conversations while the device interprets spoken audio, reducing language barriers and supporting clearer communication in everyday calling scenarios. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559110 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559110 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:55:27 GMT Copilot will be able to find meetings based on topics or keywords from relevant data like meeting body, chat and transcription. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560705 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560705 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:55:27 GMT Understand who is building a habit using Copilot with the new power user insights in Copilot dashboard Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561920 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561920 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:55:27 GMT Agent Builder now supports using a SharePoint list as a knowledge source for agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Makers can ground an agent in structured list data so users can ask questions and get responses based on information stored in a selected SharePoint list. For this release, each agent can reference one SharePoint list with up to 20,000 items, alongside other knowledge source types. Support for list attachments and lookup columns is not yet available. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562340 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562340 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:55:27 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/RM563806 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM563806 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:55:27 GMT The External tag on an email, set by the ExternalInOutlook feature, will now be usable as a condition in Outlook Inbox Rules. This change also makes available the ability to create or modify these Rules on the new Outlook for Windows, Outlook Web, and Outlook for Mac. Exchange Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564616 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564616 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:55:27 GMT DLP Policy Optimizer uses AI to analyze your organization’s DLP policies, rule structure, and activity signals to identify optimization opportunities that are difficult to detect manually. It highlights overlapping rules, redundant conditions, misconfigurations, and sources of excessive noise, and presents prioritized recommendations with supporting evidence and suggested actions. This enables you to reduce false positives and alert noise, improve policy precision, and simplify policy management... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567467 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567467 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:55:27 GMT Users will now be able to resize and expand the presenter panel in 'Manage what attendees see' options for Teams events. This feature helps make it easier to view, manage, and switch between presenters during events. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567667 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567667 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:55:27 GMT Customers can now access their Agent 365 data through the Agent Dashboard in Copilot Analytics (Insights), enabling leaders to understand activity across all agents registered through Agent 365. Customers with Agent 365 and Copilot will now see the Agent 365 Dashboard with the ability to view historical data in Agent Dashboard. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561648 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561648 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:55:27 GMT What’s new Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM486828 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM486828 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT Introducing Data lifecycle management capabilities for Microsoft Planner. Compliance admins can now create a retention policy to manage content located in Microsoft Planner such as tasks for plans associated with an Microsoft 365 Group. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM523201 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM523201 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT Microsoft Purview introduces the Classifier Simulation Mode, the first phase of the broader Classifier Health Monitoring Platform. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558935 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558935 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT In Viva Engage, we've simplified how to create posts. The new post creation experience makes it easier and faster to share in Viva Engage with a cleaner, more intuitive publishing experience. It brings clearer layout, better accessibility, and smarter organization of tools—so you can focus on creating great posts without extra clicks or clutter. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558859 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558859 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT Initiate a Power Automate workflow when the item reaches the end of its retention period. For example, execute a complex disposition approval process or move the file to an archive. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560398 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560398 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT With this feature, data officers can now complete their coverage story by now embedding hyperlinks within toast messages for the Edge browser. When this rule is triggered, the end user will see a toast with a customized title and message with a hyperlink. This feature is useful when organizations need to direct users to a specific resource or a repository for more specific instruction (e.g. internal policy SharePoint site). Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560547 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560547 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT Users can now report suspicious external users directly within Teams, alongside existing block actions. Reports are surfaced in the Teams admin center, giving admins visibility into potentially risky interactions and enabling them to investigate and take appropriate actions. This enhancement helps organizations respond faster to phishing, impersonation, and other external threats while leveraging end-user signals as an additional layer of protection. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560595 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560595 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT Viva Glint survey takers will be able to use a streamlined version of Microsoft Copilot in the Glint survey taking experience to help them rewrite their comments, helping survey takers feel more confident about the feedback they’re providing. By increasing perceived security through reducing identifiable writing patterns and minimizing the effort required to refine feedback, this experience can encourage greater participation, longer responses, and more candid comments, which can drive higher en... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553218 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553218 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT Introduces enhanced controls in Content Explorer’s UI, enabling scoped visibility and filtering of SIT and label data. This will help with content discoverability and governance. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561489 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561489 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT Microsoft Purview Data Security Investigations (DSI) is extending our investigations by adding optical character recognition (OCR), extracting text from images and incorporating it into investigation data. This enables AI-powered deep content analysis to uncover data security risks that are often hidden within visual content. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561209 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561209 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT Provide insights on Copilots and AI Apps usage and recommend retention policies for customers to govern their Copilots and AI App interactions. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562343 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562343 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT Insights on sensitive M365 data (OneDrive and SharePoint) and recommendations on retention policies for customers to better govern their sensitive data. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564614 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564614 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT The meeting recap app brings all your meeting recaps into one place, making it easier to find, filter, and catch up. Quick filters help you surface the right meetings instantly, while audio recap lets you efficiently review multiple meetings at once. You can also browse and revisit any recap from the past 30 days. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567300 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567300 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT We're introducing a setting that allows users to opt-out of transitioning presence automatically to Do Not Disturb when presenting or screen sharing. This ensures that they can continue to receive calls, keeping them connected and responsive without manual presence adjustments. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567668 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567668 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT Create your own personal skills in Copilot in SharePoint and use them anywhere you work. Personal skills travel with you across SharePoint sites and OneDrive—so a skill like document generation works everywhere without recreating it per site. You own your skills, saved as a markdown file in your OneDrive. Microsoft 365 Roadmap SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567669 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567669 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT Copilot in SharePoint now supports plugins from your enterprise store. A plugin can bundle skills, MCP servers, and other capabilities that extend what Copilot can do. Any plugin made available to your organization, whether installed tenant-wide by an admin or added by you, works directly in Copilot in SharePoint, all governed by your M365 admin. Microsoft 365 Roadmap SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567671 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567671 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT Introducing built-in Planner Agent chat with natural language Q&A, smart task discovery, and in-plan task management. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560057 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560057 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:41:38 GMT Previously customers would have system files either included or excluded manually configured. With this feature there is now a capability to provide this by default and have the option of including or excluding those paths. This list is managed by Microsoft to ensure accuracy and ease of management. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503563 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503563 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT Action Segments empowers IT Admins to target Organizational Messages using dynamic, pre-defined usage segments. This behavior-based targeting approach goes beyond existing static group definitions, ensuring messages reach the most relevant users. Microsoft 365 admin center Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM515144 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM515144 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT Engage content from private communities and events will be used as grounding source for M365 Copilot. When a user queries in M365 Copilot, they will only be able to see content they are privileged to access. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM526796 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM526796 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT Enhance Content Explorer by introducing new summary metrics that provide better visibility into scanning and classification activities. This update will include: Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503587 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503587 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT Support for hierarchical ACLs for SNOW, Confluence, Jira connectors. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM516032 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM516032 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT As AI agents become deeply embedded in enterprise ecosystems, they are evolving beyond simple tools or workflows into a digital workforce. These agents can interpret intent, access and manipulate enterprise data, execute actions and even make real-time decisions. In many ways, they operate like human insiders only with machine-speed data processing capabilities. To govern and protect these agents effectively, Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management is being expanded to agents, with specific in... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM545063 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM545063 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT As AI agents become deeply embedded in enterprise ecosystems, they are evolving beyond simple tools or workflows into a digital workforce. These agents can interpret intent, access and manipulate enterprise data, execute actions and even make real-time decisions. In many ways, they operate like human insiders only with machine-speed data processing capabilities. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM545013 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM545013 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT Microsoft 365 Archive is designed to help organizations manage their inactive data efficiently. It allows you to move inactive SharePoint sites into a cold storage tier, which reduces storage costs while maintaining the same searchability, security, and compliance standards as active data. This feature is already available in Production and is now being released to GCC-L cloud. Microsoft 365 Roadmap SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559613 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559613 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT Copilot Chat can now better match search results from Scanned PDFs and from text that appears inside images embedded in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files — such as scanned contracts in Word, screenshots of tables in Excel, or whiteboard photos in PowerPoint — content that was previously difficult to search and find. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM512428 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM512428 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT Copilot connectors enable organizations to integrate content from other external data sources into Microsoft Graph, improving Copilot’s intelligence, contextual responses, and content discoverability Microsoft 365 admin center Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557983 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557983 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT SharePoint home sites are getting the following new updates - A resources web part, a new UX to customize the SharePoint app (Viva Connections) experience for Teams desktop and mobile and ability to set up a new home site in the SharePoint admin center. Additionally, the Announcements web part and a new layout for News web part will be available in all sites. Microsoft 365 Roadmap SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560325 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560325 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT We're introducing notification capabilities and search improvements to Microsoft Purview Data Security Investigations. Investigators will receive notifications when key investigation events occur, such as when AI jobs complete or when new data is added to scope. Search improvements include enhanced query building to more easily identify potentially impacted data Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561492 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561492 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT Improves eDiscovery workflows for Loop and Copilot pages by enabling full indexing of page content for keyword search within review sets and adding HTML format support for export from search. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564617 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564617 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 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/RM566302 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566302 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT Insights into AI spend (Copilot credit usage) at a group or team level will be available in Viva Insights as a dashboard and in Advanced insights. The services in scope of this release are Cowork and Work IQ API. The dashboard experience is available to managers with at least 5 direct reports (scoped access), the Insights analysts, and Global administrators and is enabled by default to ensure immediate access to usage-based cost insights. For users to be able to use Cowork or WorkIQ API, your te... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553136 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553136 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is now integrated in Microsoft Forms, including enabling the Surveys Agent from within Forms. Surveys Agent provides specialized capabilities to help with your form - from recommending and applying improvements to your form or quiz, to helping draft and send invitations, to analyzing your results. Surveys Agent is available to users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license, and can be accessed by clicking the "Copilot" icon in Forms. Forms Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM496596 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM496596 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT Users will able to select content sources on Copilot Chat. When users select content sources the responses generated will be limited to content from the selected sources. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM496371 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM496371 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT We are adding more functionality to offline mode in the new Outlook for Windows. You will now be able to add attachments while drafting your email without an internet connection. #newoutlookforwindows Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM381750 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM381750 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT This release will extend OCR support from standalone images (JPEG, JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, and PDF) to images embedded inside the following files and file types: Office files (XLSX, DOCX, PPTX), container files (zip, rar, 7z, and more), and PDF files. Image-only PDF files are already supported, and this this release will support hybrid PDF files containing images and searchable text. Updated May 20, 2026: We have paused rollout and will resume soon. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM160008 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM160008 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 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/RM494839 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM494839 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:07:14 GMT Learn about the state of your scanned repositories and create custom reports with the information protection scanner. Labeling, classification and protection actions on scanned files are stored in SQL tables that form a foundation to feed into custom reports. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM480725 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM480725 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:58:35 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/RM485740 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM485740 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:58:35 GMT With this update of support for .pst files (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to import emails from .pst file to mailbox. Future releases of new Outlook will expand the support for .pst file capabilities. #newoutlookforwindows #pstfilesupport. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM485756 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM485756 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:58:35 GMT With this update of support for .pst files (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to browse and read contacts within a .pst file. Future releases of new Outlook will expand the support for .pst file capabilities. #newoutlookforwindows #pstfilesupport. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM486839 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM486839 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:58:35 GMT With this update of support for .pst files (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to import calendars and contacts from .pst file to mailbox. Future releases of new Outlook will expand the support for .pst file capabilities. #newoutlookforwindows #pstfilesupport. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM486840 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM486840 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:58:35 GMT With this update of support for .pst files (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) in the new Outlook for Windows, users will be able to import calendars and contacts from .pst file to mailbox. Future releases of new Outlook will expand the support for .pst file capabilities. #newoutlookforwindows #pstfilesupport. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM545896 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM545896 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:58:35 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/RM561491 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561491 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:58:35 GMT You will now be able to access different Copilot settings directly in classic Outlook for Windows. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567301 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567301 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:58:35 GMT The new chats and channels experience introduced quick views at the top of the chat and channels list. These are views into mentions, followed threads and more. This update allows users to choose when and how these quick views are shown. Users will have options such as always show, always hide and show only when unread. Users will also be able to collapse the quick views section. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567305 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567305 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:58:35 GMT A new meeting option for Teams meetings with presenters and events that enables organizers to designate 'Who has control of production tools' during the event. Users defined here will have access to the controls in 'Manage What Attendees See' and the ‘Green Room'. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566999 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566999 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:58:35 GMT Express mode ensures agents and apps receive timely and reliable responses by dramatically accelerating flow run times. This reduces flow failures, improves user experience, and eliminates costly interruptions caused by timeout issues. Organizations benefit from more dependable automations, higher adoption, and smoother operational workflows. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Copilot Studio https://mc.merill.net/message/RM494809 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM494809 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 21:58:35 GMT For Admins, agents in the Frontier program can be managed through the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. They are listed under the agents & connectors tab in Copilot Control System, where you can view all agent inventory for your organization. Agents built by Microsoft and available in the Frontier program will be displayed in the Agent Store. This feature will support users to request these agents if blocked by organizational policies. Admins will have the opportunity to further approve and reject the... Microsoft 365 admin center Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564970 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564970 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:00:39 GMT MIP-label protected PDFs are now supported in the PDF previewer along with a built-in control's toolbar for easier navigation. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM505441 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM505441 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:00:39 GMT Copilot connectors will offer improved content freshness with more frequent sync of updates using webhook event notifications. The following connectors are in scope - Azure DevOps, Jira cloud, Confluence cloud, Trello, Asana, Bitbucket, GitHub and Gitlab. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567311 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567311 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:00:39 GMT We are introducing a new integrated Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) capability for Intune Mobile Application Management (MAM)-protected mobile apps, enabling organizations to apply content‑aware protection policies to sensitive data on mobile devices. This integration ensures that clipboard actions in managed mobile apps are evaluated against Purview DLP policies before sharing is allowed, helping reduce data leakage, insider risk, and exposure to advanced threats across mobile work... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567009 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567009 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:00:39 GMT Describe a workflow intent such as "when files are set to status = Complete, post a message in my Teams chat" and Copilot in SharePoint will assemble the necessary triggers, conditions, and actions to setup your workflow. You can come back to Copilot in SharePoint at any time to make changes or click "Workflows" from the command bar to see your live workflow. Microsoft 365 Roadmap SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566704 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566704 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:00:39 GMT Copilot Notebooks in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app (Android) now lets users organize related chats, output creations, and references into a persistent AI workspace. Copilot uses the Notebook's accumulated context to ground responses, so work continues across sessions instead of starting over each time. Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567317 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567317 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:00:39 GMT The Learning Cubed Update introduces cross-tenant multiplayer for dedicated servers and key features from the latest Bedrock updates. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Minecraft Education https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567472 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567472 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:00:39 GMT We’re introducing support for Insider Risk Management (IRM) alert agent summaries within Microsoft Defender, enabling investigators to access key triage insights directly in the Defender alert queue. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566696 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566696 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 23:00:39 GMT We are improving PDF navigation in OneDrive and SharePoint on the web by adding a thumbnail view in the PDF viewer. Users will be able to open a thumbnail panel to visually browse pages in a PDF and jump directly to a selected page. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564605 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564605 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:11:07 GMT Users can now collaborate with Copilot to make improvements to email drafts. Select a section of the draft and ask Copilot to make changes, like changing its length, tone, or structure. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558928 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558928 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:11:07 GMT Now you can add Microsoft Planner as a tab in shared and private channels in Microsoft Teams, which allows to create and manage tasks directly within the channel. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM523223 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM523223 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:11:07 GMT Deep citations let users quickly verify Copilot's results by linking directly to the relevant part of the reference, boosting trust. We're starting with Word and PPT files, then adding Meetings, Web, and PDF references. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499895 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499895 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:11:07 GMT We’re introducing more flexible and precise targeting capabilities in Viva Engage, starting with Storyline Announcements. This new feature allows leaders and their delegates to define a custom audience at the time of posting, without relying on pre-configured Leader Audiences. Audiences can be built, and saved for reuse, using organizational attributes such as department, job title, or country, existing groups like M365 Groups, distribution lists, or security groups, and even individual users by... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503780 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM503780 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:11:07 GMT Endpoint DLP can now classify Office files stored in Windows devices that have Azure RMS protection applied. Classification will be triggered when file is used in applications or when just-in-time classification is enabled. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499428 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499428 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:11:07 GMT Copilot supports document editing in Word through chat-based interactions with Agent Mode. Users can initiate edits, share clarifying directions, and review a summary of changes within the document. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Word https://mc.merill.net/message/RM464990 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM464990 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:11:07 GMT Automatically backup all Exchange or OneDrive users and/or SharePoint sites in the tenant and have the tool automatically add new users/sites to the backup policy. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567000 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567000 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:10:57 GMT To reach their sales goals, sales teams need to constantly generate enough pipeline. They need to decide which inbound leads to engage. This decision takes a lot of time because sellers must sift through large amounts of data across tools and data sources. This data includes information from internal systems like their CRM and external resources like the web and third-party data services. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567001 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567001 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:10:57 GMT A multi‑channel outreach capability, spanning web chat, voice, SMS, and email, is critical for meeting customers in the channel they naturally prefer and increasing the likelihood of timely engagement. By activating the agent across multiple surfaces, we ensure continuity of conversations, reduce drop‑off when a single channel fails, and support the FY27 goal of always‑on, end‑to‑end engagement from initial intent to close. This creates higher response rates, faster qualification, and a more sea... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567002 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567002 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:10:57 GMT Sales agent gives you strong CRM-based account and opportunity summaries, but important context is often spread across non-CRM systems. With this capability, you can add insights from any application to enrich account and opportunity summaries in Sales agent, so sellers get a unified view of their accounts and deals in one place without switching applications. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567003 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567003 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:10:57 GMT Walking into a customer meeting with incomplete context can mean missed risks, overlooked issues, and conversations that fall flat. With access to richer data, like service tickets, directly in your meeting prep, you can spot open issues and opportunities before the conversation starts. This insight helps you engage more meaningfully, build stronger relationships, and drive better sales outcomes. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567004 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567004 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:10:57 GMT This feature saves you time by automatically connecting your meetings to the correct CRM records. You have the right deal insights at your fingertips when preparing for customer conversations, so you can focus less on updating records and more on selling with confidence and context. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567314 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567314 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:10:57 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/RM567010 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567010 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:10:08 GMT Enable aggregation of DLP alerts based on common entities user even when multiple rules are matched. This feature should consolidate related alert events into a single alert object to: Reduce alert noise, simplify investigation workflows, enhance contextual understanding of violations. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM486695 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM486695 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT Organizations can build their own collections of prompts that are tailored to their business needs and workflows and distribute these to all users within the tenant. Excel Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) OneNote PowerPoint Word https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557189 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557189 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT Insider Risk Management is excited to announce the ability to preview content directly within an IRM alert without having to create a case. Users with appropriate permissions will be able to preview relevant files referenced directly within activity explorer in each alert. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557975 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557975 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT One-time email passcodes provide an easy way for tenant administrators and event organizers to verify anonymous, external presenters invited to their events. Anonymous external presenters will be shown with a "Verified" tag once completing the process. Based on admin settings, the event organizer will also have a set of options available to them that applies to all external presenters, providing the ability to control who is admitted to the meeting or allowing uninvited users with the link to be... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558108 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558108 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT Catch up in Teams mobile provides a unified view of all directed and followed conversations across chats, meeting chats, channels and threads. The mobile-optimized card view supports swipe actions, helping you quickly review and triage lists of important items. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557681 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557681 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT Use intelligent summaries in Copilot Dashboard to quickly surface what’s working and where targeted attention can accelerate Copilot adoption. Intelligent summaries highlight key adoption trends to focus on areas of success. Suggested prompts enable deeper exploration of underlying trends and drivers. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558686 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558686 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT Teams meeting artifacts, including recordings, transcripts, and Loop notes, can now be configured to automatically inherit the sensitivity label from the meeting. This ensures content generated during meetings is consistently protected without requiring manual labeling, reducing risk and simplifying protection at scale. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558687 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558687 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT Admins can now see the sync status of sensitivity label publishing policies directly in the Purview portal. This provides clear confirmation that label policy changes have been fully applied across Microsoft 365 workloads, reducing guesswork, speeding troubleshooting, and increasing confidence during large scale label deployments. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558684 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558684 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT Organizations can now manually apply Purview Information Protection sensitivity labels in Engage. Allowing admins to create labels and configure label publishing policies to determine which users and groups can manually label content in Engage communities. End users in Engage will be able to then manually apply labels to communities and in turn classify and protect their sensitive data via privacy and external user access controls. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558685 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558685 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT To provide more flexibility, admins can now exclude modern Microsoft 365 groups and scope sensitivity label policies to dynamic and non-mail enabled security groups—expanding policy targeting beyond individual users and mail enabled groups. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561551 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561551 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT The protected downloads feature for Intune MAM will now save downloaded files to the Documents > Microsoft Edge > Downloads folder in OneDrive. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560399 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560399 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT With this update, the indicators belonging to cloud storage apps (Box, Dropbox, Google Drive), cloud services (Azure, Amazon Web Services) and Microsoft Fabric (Power BI, Lakehouse) will be supported as triggers in Data leaks policy. With triggers, customers can define the conditions for bringing the user into the scope of a policy while the respective indicators are used to determine risk score. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567318 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567318 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 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/RM566859 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566859 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT Unlock the full value of your structured data by bringing SharePoint lists directly into your Microsoft Copilot Studio agents. With native support, customers can ground AI responses in up-to-date, business-critical data—such as tasks, inventory, customers, or operations—without manual data movement or complex integrations. This enables more accurate, context-aware copilots that reflect how your business runs, helping teams make faster decisions, reduce errors, and automate workflows with confide... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Copilot Studio https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565863 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565863 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT Copilot Notebook, an AI-powered workspace for a project or topic built on reference materials, is coming to OneNote on Mac. Bring together your work context behind a project in one place. Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneNote https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567319 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567319 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT You can now add a category to your Favorites and then drag emails right onto it to apply that category. No need to open menus or right-click each message. Just pin the category you use most to Favorites, then drop your emails on it to tag them in one quick motion. It's a faster, more visual way to keep your inbox sorted the way you like. #newoutlookforwindows Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562992 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562992 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT Endpoint DLP now extends protection to files stored in commonly excluded Windows folders, including Temp and AppData. This helps improve coverage by detecting and protecting sensitive data in these locations. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562991 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562991 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT Enable customers to include or exclude users/user groups from Just‑In‑Time (JIT) Audit, ensuring audits are generated only for the selected users or groups. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562993 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562993 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:01:01 GMT Endpoint DLP now includes a pre curated list of file extensions for the file extension condition. Previously, file extensions were entered as free form text, which could result in unsupported or non-scannable extensions being used. This could lead to gaps in protection and increase processing overhead on endpoints. With the pre curated list, you can select only supported file extensions. This helps improve policy reliability and reduces unnecessary processing on endpoints. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM536571 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM536571 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT This update brings end user security reporting into Teams Admin Center. Admins can now view and download signals from messages users report as a security concern or not a security concern within TAC Protection reports, helping them identify trends and fine tune policies and responses. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM392839 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM392839 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 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/RM421612 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM421612 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT Manage retention and deletion workflows for user-owned Loop workspaces like Copilot Pages when users leave the organization. Notify and provide temporary access to other employees or administrators to save important data before deletion policies take effect. Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499076 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499076 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT This new capability will enable admins to scan existing files at rest in SharePoint or OneDrive for business for sensitive data. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM502532 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM502532 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT Enable customization of icon & name for data sources in Search (& chat). Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM518288 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM518288 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT The new Outlook will now allow users to store S/MIME encryption certificates within their Contacts. This enables users to save certificates directly in contact entries and use them to send S/MIME encrypted emails to the contacts. #newoutlookforwindows Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM518287 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM518287 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT The new Outlook now supports LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) directories for sending S/MIME encrypted emails. This allows users to add an LDAP directory in the new Outlook and use it to fetch recipients’ certificates from the configured directory when sending S/MIME encrypted messages. #newoutlookforwindows Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM528978 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM528978 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 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/RM547837 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM547837 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT Adding new, more granular permissions for Viva Glint administration. These areas include Advanced Configuration, Nudges, General Settings, and Viva Integrations. Updating the name of the highest privileged role in Viva Glint to “Viva Glint Service Admin”, and for increased security, restricting the ability to assign new Viva Glint Service Admins to the MAC only. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM554937 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM554937 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT Allows the administrator of an Exchange Online tenant to change the organizer of an existing meeting or meeting series via a PowerShell cmdlet. This can be used, for example, to maintain continuity and history of a long-running meeting series in cases where the meeting organizer has a new role, is on leave, or during the offboarding process. Once the meeting is transferred, the new organizer will be able to maintain all properties of the event including meeting time and recurrence, attendees, an... Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM548640 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM548640 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT To empower organizations to run additional employee listening programs, like AI transformation or change management cases, we are creating a dedicated Survey Designer role. This role grants a user just enough permissions to run a Viva Glint survey without full access to platform settings and sensitive data, thus creating a more democratized platform. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557982 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557982 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT This feature enables Company Admins to customize the default Microsoft Viva Glint confidentiality statement. Admins can choose to turn off the default statement and instead define confidentiality messaging tailored to their specific program settings, such as whether responses are configured to be confidential. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564610 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM564610 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT Outlook for Windows and Outlook for Web will now allow users to modify how the preview text for emails show in the message list. The preview text can now take up 2 lines, 1 whole line, or 0 additional lines. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565220 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565220 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT Teams now enables links within chat and channel messages to open in a new window, so you can compare information side by side without losing the context of your ongoing conversation. Access this capability through the More options menu or by using Ctrl/Cmd + click. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565860 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565860 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 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/RM566324 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566324 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 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/RM566617 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566617 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is changing the way archive files, such as .zip and similar container formats, are classified and enforced. This update improves detection accuracy and gives administrators finer control over how content within archives is protected. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567120 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567120 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT We will be introducing a new Usage report covering Microsoft 365 Copilot. This report will include total enabled and active users, Copilot usage with a breakout per Microsoft 365 app, and user-level activity insights (anonymized by default). #copilotcontrolsystem Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567121 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567121 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT We will be introducing a new Usage report covering Copilot Chat. This report will include total active users, Copilot Chat usage with a breakout per Microsoft 365 app, and user-level activity insights (anonymized by default). #copilotcontrolsystem Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557184 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557184 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT When you return to a conversation within a short duration of time, your selected tab, opened side panel, and layout are restored automatically, so you can keep working without resetting your workspace. In addition, returning to a Quick View within a short duration will restore your previously selected message. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567316 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567316 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:50 GMT When replying to an email conversation and the message being replied to is not the latest in the conversation, Outlook for Windows and web will now display a notification indicating this. With this change, users can now be more confident that they are responding to the right message in an email conversation. #newoutlookforwindows Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM502529 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM502529 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:12:48 GMT Pre-setup guides, editability, actionable errors & alerting support available for Connector admins. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM512431 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM512431 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:12:48 GMT Custom templates let you create reusable, pre-designed layouts tailored to your organization’s needs, ensuring consistency and saving time. They provide flexibility to standardize content while allowing easy customization for specific scenarios. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM536577 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM536577 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:12:48 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/RM508518 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM508518 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:12:48 GMT We’re excited to announce that Organizational Data in Microsoft 365 is now available in the GCC-Moderate (GCC-M) environment! Organizational Data in Microsoft 365 provides a secure, compliant, and scalable platform for ingesting organizational data into Microsoft 365. With this release, government cloud customers can now leverage the same powerful data ingestion capabilities previously available only in commercial environments. Microsoft 365 admin center Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560598 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560598 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:12:48 GMT Data Security Investigations (DSI) is introducing the ability to create custom examination focus areas. This feature will empower admins to tailor examination to their specific needs depending on the type of investigation being performed and the information they are most concerned with. This addition works alongside DSI’s AI-powered content analysis features, such as categorization, AI search, and examination for risk, which help surface data security risks buried in data. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555882 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555882 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:12:48 GMT You can now reference an image when creating a presentation with Copilot using Agent Mode in PowerPoint. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566700 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566700 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:12:48 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/RM566997 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566997 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:12:48 GMT By blocking the use of maker's credentials by AI agents, admins can increase the security and compliance of agents in their organizations: Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Copilot Studio https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567006 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567006 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:12:48 GMT Outlook contacts become available system-wide (caller ID, Phone, Messages, Siri) using Apple's Contact Provider framework — without full address-book access or copying contacts onto your device. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555881 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555881 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 23:12:48 GMT You can now attach and reference an image when creating a presentation with Copilot using Agent Mode in PowerPoint. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562050 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562050 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:03:18 GMT Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows now supports human interpreter listening mode in meetings where organizers enable language interpretation in Meeting options, allowing room participants to select a language and hear interpreter audio. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM505442 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM505442 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:03:18 GMT Copilot connectors will offer improved content freshness with more frequent sync of updates using webhook event notifications. The following connectors are in scope - Azure DevOps, Jira cloud, Confluence cloud, Trello, Asana, Bitbucket, GitHub and Gitlab. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM554927 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM554927 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:03:18 GMT Recently used emojis and reactions sync across Teams on desktop and mobile, making it easier to express yourself wherever you work. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559387 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559387 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:03:18 GMT Support for bulk breakout room participant assignment using a CSV file, helping organizers save time when setting up breakout rooms. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565221 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565221 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:03:18 GMT Teams now displays assistant information in the Organization view on the profile card and in the Org Explorer, making it easier to identify a key support contact for executive coordination and scheduling. This designation is informational only and does not grant permissions, change roles, or affect organizational hierarchy. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566869 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566869 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:03:18 GMT The federatedTokenValidationPolicy is a resource type in Microsoft Graph (beta) that governs the validation of federated authentication tokens and allows customers to configure a rule to block logins where internalDomainFederation does not match UPN domain. The feature by default requires manual configuration in the tenant to prohibit cross-domain logins. To strengthen security with cross-domain sign-in we will change the default rule for federatedTokenValidationPolicy to block logins where inte... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Entra https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565424 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565424 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:03:18 GMT We are improving how users request access to apps and agents blocked by admins in Teams by introducing a clear, guided, and end-to-end request experience. This work reduces end-user friction by driving clarity into the request process and notifying users when there's been an update to their request. In addition to enhancements in Teams, we've also improved the admin experience in Teams Admin Center, to simplify the process for admins to review requests and take action. Additionally, we're introd... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566528 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566528 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:03:18 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/RM566865 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566865 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:03:18 GMT Microsoft Purview is introducing the ability to set a limit in days when assigning users and security groups to role groups. This allows admins to define a fixed duration when providing admin permission on a temporary basis. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566867 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566867 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:03:18 GMT Custom Fields let you tailor your plans to match the way your team works. Add Text, Number, Date, Yes/No, and Choice fields to capture the information that matters most. View and update custom fields across Board, Grid, and Task details, with support for sorting, filtering, grouping, and bulk editing to keep your work organized and easy to manage. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566998 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566998 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:03:18 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/RM566873 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566873 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:03:18 GMT This feature helps organizations reduce security risk by preventing agents and flows from being shared when they rely on unsafe identities, such as maker credentials. By detecting identity oversharing early and enforcing safe‑sharing policies at publish and share time, customers can avoid identity leakage, privilege escalation, and unintended access - while still allowing makers to build and iterate safely within approved guardrails. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Copilot Studio https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565370 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565370 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 23:03:18 GMT Teams brings desktop-style emoji shortcuts to mobile (iOS and Android), allowing you to insert emojis by typing colon-based commands like :smile:. Real-time autocomplete suggestions help you quickly find the right emoji as you type, while support for custom emojis enables more personalized and expressive communication on the go. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM516040 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM516040 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:57:58 GMT Add web links as references in your Copilot Notebooks. Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM554931 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM554931 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:57:58 GMT Microsoft Teams will soon support Secure Reliable Transport (SRT) streaming in Teams town halls. SRT is a network protocol designed to deliver high-quality, low-latency video across the public internet. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561921 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561921 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:57:58 GMT Admins can map employee badge credentials (card or NFC) to user identities in Universal Print, enabling users to release secure print jobs at compatible printers with a simple tap—no app, PIN, or sign-in required at the device. This enhances existing badge-based release with a standardized, cloud-based identity mapping model integrated with Microsoft 365. Developer Microsoft 365 Roadmap Universal Print https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566870 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566870 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:57:58 GMT Copilot Notebooks in OneNote now suggests artifacts to create, such as Word documents, Excel workbooks, and PowerPoint presentations, based on Microsoft 365 knowledge and the content in your notebook. Select the suggestion and Copilot will generate the artifact. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) OneNote https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567005 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM567005 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:57:58 GMT Deeper insights into Cowork adoption and impact accessible from the new AI Cost dashboard and Copilot dashboard. Includes export capability. All metrics can be queried by analysts with the new AI cost query in advanced insights. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566314 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566314 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 22:57:58 GMT Save AI-filters generated by the Planner Agent for future use on your plans. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM523214 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM523214 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:02:39 GMT Teams town hall producers can now restart a live event while the event is active in order to address technical issues that might arise during the execution of an instance. Whether technical, network, or other issue, this feature enables those managing the event to quickly resolve problems for attendees. This feature is designed to prevent the need for scheduling entirely new events. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555234 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555234 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:02:39 GMT View and control live transcription during a meeting from a Teams Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555235 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM555235 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:02:39 GMT Admins now have a one-stop portal for inventory, health monitoring, management, and analytics for both Windows and Android devices with the Pro Management portal. Management of all Android Teams rooms, panels, and phone devices are transitioning to this portal from the Teams admin center, enabling easy, consistent, and secure management of Teams devices across all operating systems and manufacturers. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560532 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560532 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:02:39 GMT Introducing built-in Planner Agent chat with natural language Q&A, smart task discovery, and in-plan task management. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM516576 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM516576 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:02:39 GMT Planner agent in Microsoft 365 will help you plan, organize, and manage work more efficiently. We’re starting with core task and plan management features to simplify project tracking and will introduce additional advanced project management capabilities over time. Updated May 21, 2026: We previously launched in Preview and GA is expected in June. We apologize for any inconvenience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Planner https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559020 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559020 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:02:39 GMT Supports connecting to remote MCP servers through the Work IQ endpoint, enabling agents to securely invoke external tools and services beyond the local runtime for richer, distributed agent orchestration. Developer Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562015 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562015 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:02:39 GMT With this feature, users accessing search through the Teams search icon while within the SharePoint app in Teams (Viva Connections) will be able to receive search result scoped to SharePoint global search. Hitting enter on the search query will then open the SharePoint search page. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561922 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561922 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:02:39 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/RM565425 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM565425 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:02:39 GMT Users can now choose their preferred meeting language in Teams Rooms on Android. Select from up to 69 languages using the language button on the console. The room system must restart after a language is selected. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566701 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566701 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:02:39 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/RM566702 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566702 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:02:39 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/RM560702 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560702 Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:02:39 GMT A new Security Detection Report in the Teams admin center provides a centralized view of messaging security detections, including impersonation, malicious URLs, and weaponizable file types. Admins can review detection activity in one place and export detailed data to support investigation and response. This capability helps consolidate security signals for Teams messaging scenarios. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM537271 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM537271 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:01:51 GMT Purview enablement in AI Foundry, allows Foundry admins to activate Microsoft Purview on their subscription. Once enabled, AI interaction data from all apps and agents flows into Purview for centralized compliance, governance, and posture management of AI data. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557556 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557556 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:01:51 GMT Data Security Investigations (DSI) now further enhances its AI analysis tools, including the ability to choose between a standard categorization for potential time and/or cost savings or a more advanced categorization to include AI-generated topics. Additionally, we are making the DSI workflow faster by automatically preparing data for AI analysis as it is being added to the investigation, saving critical investigation time. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559991 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559991 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:01:51 GMT When users have more than one Copilot-enabled account added to new Outlook, the Copilot side pane in Calendar will include an account dropdown that makes it clear which Copilot-enabled account you’re using and lets you switch accounts without relying on Outlook UI’s account context. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561322 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561322 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:01:51 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/RM566318 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566318 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:01:51 GMT Copilot Notebooks in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app (iOS) now lets users organize related chats, output creations, and references into a persistent AI workspace. Copilot uses the Notebook's accumulated context to ground responses, so work continues across sessions instead of starting over each time. Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566698 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566698 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:01:51 GMT Coming soon for SharePoint: Neutral-themed SharePoint UI will be expanded to page editing and property pane experiences. This update is part of the SharePoint visual refresh and applies our new design language across the SharePoint page editing surfaces, helping create a more consistent, accessible, and modern editing experience. Microsoft 365 Roadmap SharePoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559995 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559995 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:01:51 GMT Enable Global and Insights admins to turn on additional attributes as filters in Power BI reports, including reserved attributes and your organization’s custom attributes. Users who have access to Power BI reports can then use these newly enabled filters to tailor reports to their business needs. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM68688 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM68688 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:15:45 GMT Introducing the ability to define how long content captured by a Communication Compliance policy is retained. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opte... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM420335 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM420335 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:15:45 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/RM488800 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM488800 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:15:45 GMT Workplace Check-in via Wi-Fi acts as an extension of existing capabilities to check in to a building or a reserved desk, providing more flexibility and ease of use to help coordinate with co-workers. When users connect to their organization's Wi-Fi, Teams will soon be able to update their work location to reflect the building they're working from. This feature will be off by default. Tenant admins will decide whether to enable it or not and end-users always have the choice to opt-in or opt-out o... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM519571 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM519571 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:15:45 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/RM534610 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM534610 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:15:45 GMT Azure AI Search now ingests Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels and enforces corresponding protection policies through built-in indexers (SharePoint, OneLake, Azure Blob, ADLS Gen2). This enables secure, policy-aligned search over enterprise data, enabling agentic RAG scenarios where only authorized documents are returned or sent to LLMs, preventing data oversharing and aligning with enterprise data protection standards. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562665 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562665 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:15:45 GMT The Interpreter agent acts as a translator in Microsoft Teams meetings, allowing participants to listen to the meeting in their chosen language with real-time translation so speaking different languages isn’t a barrier to effective understanding and collaboration. It's now available in Teams Rooms on Android licensed for Teams Rooms Pro. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566527 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566527 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:15:45 GMT Enables admins to delete both content and containers for departed users at scale thereby keeping your tenant compliant without any manual effort. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM492618 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM492618 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 23:15:45 GMT The Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Copilot Prompt Gallery is a curated collection of prompts and promptbooks created to help users engage more effectively with the Security Copilot experience in DSPM. It acts as a centralized hub where users can explore, search, and leverage prompts that streamline workflows and improve productivity. Designed to support a range of roles and use cases within Data Security, the Prompt Gallery is a powerful resource that enables users to quickly access rel... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560597 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560597 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:15:55 GMT This feature introduces confidence scoring and reasoning trace explainability into the Data Security Triage Agent in DLP, addressing a critical trust gap reported across multiple customers. Today, without transparency into why the agent makes a decision or how confident it is, analysts are forced to fall back to manual review — completely negating the automation value. The feature will surface a reasoning trace alongside each agent decision and a confidence score, giving analysts a clear signal... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558934 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558934 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:15:55 GMT Copilot Notebooks allows users to generate Word documents using the content and references gathered in a notebook. Copilot drafts a structured document grounded in the notebook’s context, which can be opened and edited in Word, helping users move from ideas and source material to a ready‑to‑use document with fewer manual steps. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) OneNote https://mc.merill.net/message/RM518215 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM518215 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:15:55 GMT Bring the apps your team relies on—tabs, bots, and message extensions—directly into Private Channels in Microsoft Teams. This update lets channel owners add apps to a specific private channel, so everyone collaborating there (including invited collaborators from other teams or organizations, subject to admin policy) can work in one place without switching contexts. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499154 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM499154 Wed, 24 Jun 2026 23:15:55 GMT Remotely access devices over the cloud without requiring end user involvement by signing in with credentials. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Intune https://mc.merill.net/message/RM547824 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM547824 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:15:39 GMT You can join a Microsoft webinar and structured meeting from a Teams Room on Android and interact seamlessly during the event. Available for Teams Rooms Pro. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM172016 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM172016 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:15:39 GMT The Communication Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM98186 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM98186 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:15:39 GMT Adaptive policy scopes enable your organization to define user scopes for policies based on criteria such as geography, group, or other Azure Active Directory attributes. With adaptive policy scopes, policies are automatically updated to include users that match defined risk criteria rather than requiring admins to repeatedly update static lists of users to include in the policy scope. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory complianc... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM172024 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM172024 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:15:39 GMT Adaptive policy scopes enable your organization to create scopes that automatically updates which users to include in your policy based on geography, group, or another user attribute. The policy will automatically update to match the criteria defined in the scope instead of you constantly needing to update the static list of users in your policies. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM478926 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM478926 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:15:39 GMT With the removal of the 22-inch limit, your apps can now take full advantage of today’s larger monitors. You can display more data, create flexible layouts, and deliver a better experience on wide and high-resolution screens. Access Microsoft 365 Roadmap https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553591 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM553591 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:15:39 GMT IT gets new building level insights on the recommended actions page in the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal. This feature intelligently identifies buildings with high Teams Rooms utilization to help IT prioritize upgrades of bring your own device (BYOD) meeting spaces and ensure consistent, high-quality user experiences throughout their office buildings. Available with a Teams Rooms Pro or Shared Space license. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566529 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566529 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:15:39 GMT Microsoft Purview is introducing a new view-only role management role to give admins permissions to see all the member assignments in Purview and Defender portal. This addition will be added to Global Reader and Security Reader in Purview and Entra. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559602 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559602 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:15:39 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. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560548 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560548 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:15:39 GMT With the new control in Viva Glint, service administrators can now configure whether to retain or delete survey and relevant indefinable user data for users who are manually deleted from Glint or deleted via the signals received via Microsoft Entra. This will ensure that the consistency of previously generate Glint survey reports is retained and user data is handled in accordance with the relevant organizational policies. We will also process the delete signals received via Microsoft Entra and h... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561549 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561549 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:15:39 GMT The Teams room builder is a user-friendly, visually engaging tool to help IT managers design and configure Teams Rooms traditional, signature, and flex meeting spaces. This feature, available in the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal, enables faster design, standards creation, and rollout. With a variety of equipment options and helpful criteria filters, device and license selection and purchase is simplified. Available with Teams Rooms Pro. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561031 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561031 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:15:39 GMT Users have better experiences in flexible work environments with Microsoft Teams panel-based desk dock devices coming later this year. The Teams panel app now enables devices, such as the Yealink Linkhub, to enhance bookable desk experiences by indicating at-a-glance availability and letting visitors book directly on the device. Each device requires a Teams Shared Space license. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562017 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562017 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:15:39 GMT Key Microsoft 365 Copilot metrics in custom person queries and reports will have values up to 2-3 days old from the current date. This will provide fresher copilot usage analysis to analysts in Viva Advanced analysis. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566531 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM566531 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:15:39 GMT The new My Sites tab in the OneDrive iOS app gives you one place to find every group-connected SharePoint site you own or belong to. Instead of relying on recent files or search, you can browse a complete list of your sites and jump straight to their default document libraries — right from your iPhone or iPad. It's especially handy when you don't remember a site's name, haven't opened it recently, or were just added as a member of a new site, so you spend less time hunting and more time working... Microsoft 365 Roadmap OneDrive https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558852 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558852 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:15:39 GMT Digital signage can now be displayed on idle Teams panel devices, similar to digital signage support for Microsoft Teams Rooms front of room displays. Signage source and settings can be configured in the Pro Management portal. Available with Teams Rooms Pro or Shared space-licensed spaces. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM468888 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM468888 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:00:47 GMT Office for the web in Microsoft 365 supports the application of sensitivity labels with user-defined permissions. Excel Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview PowerPoint Word https://mc.merill.net/message/RM518289 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM518289 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:00:47 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/RM537269 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM537269 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:00:47 GMT Express voice enrollment makes registering your voice in Teams fast and easy. Your profile enables features like voice isolation, speaker recognition, identification in a meeting room and transcripts, and enhanced meeting recaps and insights from Microsoft 365 Copilot. If you don’t yet have a voice profile, just go to the recognition tab in Teams settings and opt-in to enroll your voice simply by speaking during a meeting. Admins can enable or disable this feature. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM551195 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM551195 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:00:47 GMT Copilot now uses M365 activity to provide more relevant, contextual responses. Updated settings make it easier to view and manage what Copilot remembers and your personalization preferences. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557185 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557185 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:00:47 GMT Enterprise preview provides a simpler way for admins to flight pre-release Edge builds to their users. To reduce friction and bolster usage, users will receive pre-release builds directly inside of their Stable Edge application. Admins can allow users to easily opt-out of the preview experience, using built-in rollback to switch between their pre-release and stable channels with ease. Microsoft 365 admin center users can configure the feature, view their flighting population, and receive persona... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557256 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557256 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:00:47 GMT This feature enhances the PowerPoint Live meeting experience by using Copilot to let attendees select slide text and get explanations for the content. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) PowerPoint https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559992 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559992 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:00:47 GMT Customers can precisely choose which AI app they should use to detect any of the Generative AI apps indicators. This is applicable to the following indicators: "Entering risky prompts in Copilot", "Receiving sensitive responses from Copilot", "Entering risky prompts in enterprise AI apps", and "Receiving sensitive responses from enterprise AI apps". Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft,... Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560540 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560540 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:00:47 GMT Copilot has been enhanced to interpret and ground responses using images embedded in files such as Word documents (.docx), PowerPoint presentations (.pptx), and PDFs. This capability allows Copilot to extract insights from visual elements like charts, diagrams, and screenshots, ensuring that answers are not only text-based but also informed by graphical context. By combining textual and visual understanding, Copilot delivers more comprehensive and contextually accurate responses for complex quer... Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562535 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM562535 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:00:47 GMT Auto Assign Open Shifts is a Microsoft Teams Shifts feature that automatically fills unassigned (open) shifts for you. It lets managers automatically assign open shifts to available employees instead of doing it manually. The system considers factors like employee availability, approved time off, past scheduling patterns, and scheduling rules (e.g., max hours, rest time); and generates a draft schedule that you can review and adjust before publishing. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM552597 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM552597 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:00:47 GMT The Microsoft Edge management service now allows admins to gain visibility into extensions installed across their managed users. From the extensions monitoring page, admins can see which extensions have been installed as well as manage user requests for blocked extensions. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Edge https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557981 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM557981 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:15:36 GMT We are bringing a set of new Copilot metrics including actions taken in Microsoft 365 Copilot app, Edge and OneNote, and more key use cases across Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint including suggested reply, translate, coach, clean data and more. This will empower customers to more deeply understand the key Copilot adoption cases in Copilot Dashboard and Advanced Analysis in Viva Insights. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Microsoft Viva https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558539 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558539 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:15:36 GMT Enable Teams Rooms on Android to join third-party meetings via SIP, delivering seamless cross-platform interoperability. This capability ensures users can connect to external meeting services directly from Teams Rooms, maintaining a consistent and reliable meeting experience across diverse environments. Available on Teams Rooms Pro license. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558857 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558857 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:15:36 GMT You can now select multiple appointments and meetings in the new Outlook for Windows and Teams calendars. Use Ctrl+click to select individual items, or Shift+click to quickly select a range events. Once selected, you can take common actions across all selected items. Click anywhere outside the selection to clear it. #newoutlookforwindows Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560534 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560534 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:15:36 GMT Users can now seamlessly import calendar events from ICS files & preview them before importing in three cases: when dragging ICS files directly into the calendar surface, uploading an ICS file ('Add calendar' flow) ICS file via email #newoutlookforwindows. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560697 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM560697 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:15:36 GMT Users can now bulk select/deselect all calendars within a group on left rail in calendar in #newoutlookforwindows, similar to classic Outlook. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561604 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM561604 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:15:36 GMT The chat panel will open by default in gallery view, allowing participants in Teams Room on Android to quickly see ongoing meeting chat when they join. Admins can configure this default device behavior, and users can close the panel in one tap during meetings. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Teams https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559480 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559480 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 22:15:36 GMT Copilot Notebooks allows users to generate Excel spreadsheets using the content and references gathered in a notebook. Copilot drafts a structured spreadsheet grounded in the notebook’s context, which can be opened and edited in Excel, helping users move from ideas and source material to a ready‑to‑use spreadsheet with fewer manual steps. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) OneNote https://mc.merill.net/message/RM392838 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM392838 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:00:06 GMT The first release of Priority cleanup enables admins to create a recurring exception to delete items under a broader retention policy and/or legal hold on Exchange workload. Creating a Priority cleanup will require a separate security role, multiple approvers, and will have a complete audit trail. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM473493 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM473493 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:00:06 GMT The first release of Priority cleanup enables admins to create a recurring exception to delete items under a broader retention policy and/or legal hold on Exchange workload. Creating a Priority cleanup will require a separate security role, multiple approvers, and will have a complete audit trail Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Purview https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558938 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM558938 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:00:06 GMT Copilot Notebooks enables users to generate PowerPoint presentations directly from the content and references collected in a notebook. Using the notebook’s curated context, Copilot creates a structured, editable slide deck that users can open and refine in PowerPoint, helping turn research, notes, and insights into shareable presentations more quickly. Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 app Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) OneNote https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559418 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559418 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:00:06 GMT Copilot now provides coaching feedback on email drafts via chat and can apply suggestions directly to your message in Outlook. Users have the option to choose which suggestions are applied, and Copilot updates your email in place. Microsoft 365 Roadmap Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) Outlook https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559107 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM559107 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:00:06 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/RM396575 https://mc.merill.net/message/RM396575 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:00:06 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