A CISO's Guide to Securing AI - Securing AI for Federal, DIB, and DoW Entities
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping federal missions, defense operations, and critical infrastructure. From intelligence analysis to logistics and cyber defense, AI’s transformative power is undeniable. Yet, with great power comes great responsibility and risk.AI for Personalized Government Services: Building Trust and Inclusivity in Cities
Cities today are under unprecedented pressure. Residents expect services that are fast, accessible, and tailored to their needs, yet many local governments still rely on fragmented systems and manual processes that create long queues and frustration. In a digital-first society, these gaps are no longer acceptable. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a transformative opportunity to close them, enabling governments to deliver personalized, proactive, and inclusive citizen experiences. On December 4, Smart Cities World Connect will host a Trend Report Panel Discussion bringing together city leaders, technology experts, and public sector innovators to explore how AI can reshape the citizen experience. This virtual event will highlight practical strategies for responsible AI adoption and showcase lessons from pioneering cities worldwide. Register today: Trend Report Panel Discussion (4 Dec) Why AI Matters for Cities Urban populations are growing, budgets remain tight, and climate and social pressures are mounting. Against this backdrop, AI is emerging as a critical enabler for smarter governance. By integrating AI into service delivery, cities can: Support improved wait times through AI-powered assistants and multilingual agents. Deliver proactive services using unified data and predictive analytics. Ensure equity by extending digital access to underserved communities. Build trust through transparent governance and responsible AI deployment. These capabilities are no longer theoretical. Cities from Abu Dhabi to Singapore are already embedding AI into core operations—modernizing citizen portals, automating case management, and using digital twins to plan with foresight. The panel will explore five essential areas for AI-driven transformation: 1. Smarter Citizen Engagement AI-powered virtual assistants and chatbots can handle routine inquiries, guide residents through complex processes, and provide real-time updates—across multiple languages and platforms. This not only reduces queues but also makes services more inclusive for diverse communities. 2. Proactive, Personalized Services Unified data platforms and predictive analytics allow governments to anticipate citizen needs, whether it’s notifying residents about benefit eligibility or streamlining license renewals. By moving from reactive to proactive service delivery, cities can improve satisfaction and reduce backlogs. 3. Equity at the Core Efficiency must never come at the expense of fairness. AI-enabled systems should be designed to reach underserved populations, bridging the digital divide and ensuring that innovation benefits all residents, not just the most connected. 4. Governance and Trust Responsible AI adoption requires robust frameworks for transparency, data protection, and ethical oversight. Cities must implement clear governance models, conduct algorithmic audits, and engage communities in co-design to maintain public trust. 5. Practical Steps for Integration From piloting high-impact use cases to building cross-department governance and investing in workforce training, the discussion will outline actionable steps for scaling AI responsibly. Partnerships with industry and academia will also play a vital role in accelerating adoption. Lessons from Frontier Cities Several global examples illustrate what’s possible: Manchester City Council is advancing smart urban living through AI-driven planning and operations, using integrated data platforms and predictive analytics to optimize city services, improve sustainability, and enhance citizen engagement across transport, housing, and community programs Abu Dhabi’s TAMM platform, powered by Microsoft Azure OpenAI, delivers nearly 950 government services through a single digital hub, simplifying processes and enabling personalized interactions. Singapore’s Virtual Singapore project uses AI and digital twins to simulate urban scenarios, helping planners make evidence-based decisions on mobility, safety, and climate resilience. Bangkok’s Traffy Fondue civic platform leverages AI to categorize citizen reports and route them to the right department, reducing administrative overhead and improving response times. These cases demonstrate that AI is not just a tool for efficiency, it’s a catalyst for inclusion, resilience, and trust. What Attendees Will Gain By joining the December 4 session, city leaders will leave with: A clear understanding of AI’s transformative potential for improving citizen satisfaction and reducing service backlogs. Real-world examples of successful deployments in citizen portals, case management, and service automation. Insights into ethical and regulatory considerations critical to building trust in personalized government services. Guidance on preparing organizations to adopt and scale AI effectively. Looking Ahead Cities that thrive in the coming decade will be those that combine strategic vision with disciplined, trustworthy use of technology. AI can help governments deliver services that are smarter, more inclusive, and more responsive to the needs of every resident, but success depends on strong governance, cross-sector collaboration, and a commitment to equity. To learn more and register for the Trend Report Panel Discussion on December 4.Join Microsoft at IACP 2025: Empower public safety operations with trusted AI
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Annual Conference and Exposition is the premier global event for law enforcement leaders, bringing together more than 16,000 public safety professionals. This year, IACP 2025 takes place October 18–22 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, and Microsoft is proud to be part of the conversation. As your trusted partner in public safety innovation, we invite you to connect with us at booth #362 to discover how Microsoft and our ecosystem of partners are helping agencies modernize operations, improve decision-making, and build safer communities through trusted AI. Microsoft’s presence at IACP 2025 centers around three key pillars that reflect the evolving needs of law enforcement and public safety agencies: Empower the government workforce Streamline workflows with secure AI copilots, enhance collaboration across departments, and boost efficiency with intuitive digital tools. Enable AI-driven decision making Accelerate officer workflows with real-time insights and unify data to support faster, more informed decisions. Transform emergency response Modernize communications, integrate systems for real-time situational awareness, and automate operations to improve coordination and outcomes. Experience Innovation Firsthand At booth #362, attendees can explore hands-on demos of Microsoft solutions including Microsoft 365 Copilot, Researcher and Analyst agents, and Copilot Studio agents tailored for first responders. These tools are designed to help agencies work smarter, respond faster, and serve communities more effectively. You’ll also have the opportunity to connect with our partners, Altia, DisasterTech, Insight, Pimloc, Remark, Revelen.AI, Triangula, and Zencos who are showcasing their solutions that support officer workflows, evidence management, reporting, and analytics. Don’t miss the Emergency Response Platform vehicle demo, supported by Darley, Dejero, and 3AM which highlights how AI and real-time data can transform field operations and emergency response at the tactical edge. Attend Our Thought Leadership Session Join us for a featured education session in the Leadership Track: Is "Technology Sharing" the Key to Law Enforcement Innovation? 📅 Saturday, October 18 🕤 9:30 – 10:30 AM MT 📍 Room 505/506 This session explores how collaborative platforms and shared technology models can reduce costs, accelerate deployment, and improve outcomes across jurisdictions, offering a blueprint for scalable innovation. Let’s Connect We’d love to meet with you one-on-one to discuss your agency’s goals and challenges. Request a meeting with a Microsoft expert to explore how AI and cloud technologies can support your mission. Visit Microsoft at booth #362 to explore AI-powered public safety solutions and skilling opportunities. Together, we can build safer, more resilient communities through innovation.July 2025 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter
Exchange Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) is now released and available Discover the Future of AI in Government Are you ready to explore the transformative power of artificial intelligence in the public sector? Join us as we delve into the key themes discussed in the recent seminar, "Microsoft AI for Government," led by Jason Payne, Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft Federal. What’s New in Microsoft 365 Copilot for Government | Microsoft Community Hub The AI-powered capabilities of Microsoft 365 Copilot are expanding across government environments. Whether you’re in GCC, GCC High, or DoD, here’s what you need to know about upcoming availability, what’s changing, and how to prepare. What’s New in Microsoft Teams | June 2026 New Microsoft Teams Chat and channels experience in GCC, Meeting notes powered by Loop now available for Microsoft 365 GCC High and DoD, Meeting inherits label from shared files - GCC [Premium] Where to Start with Microsoft Teams Apps in Gov Clouds Customers in our Office 365 government clouds, GCC, GCCH, and DoD, are continuing to evolve how they do business in the hybrid workplace. As Microsoft Teams is the primary tool for communication and collaboration, customers are looking to improve productivity by integrating their business processes directly into Microsoft Teams via third-party party (3P) applications or line-of-business (LOB)/homegrown application integrations. Microsoft 365 Government Adoption Resources Empowering US public sector organizations to transition to Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Public Roadmap This link is filtered to show GCC, GCC High and DOD specific items. For more general information uncheck the boxes under “Cloud Instance”. Stay on top of Microsoft 365 changes Here are a few ways that you can stay on top of the Office 365 updates in your organization. Microsoft Tech Community for Public Sector Your community for discussion surrounding the public sector, local and state governments. Microsoft 365 for US Government Service Descriptions Microsoft 365 Copilot (GCC) Microsoft Copilot Studio (GCC) Office 365 Platform (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Office 365 U.S. Government GCC endpoints Office 365 U.S. Government GCC High endpoints Office 365 U.S. Government DoD endpoints Microsoft Purview (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Enterprise Mobility & Security (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Security (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Microsoft Defender for Identity (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Azure Information Protection Premium Exchange Online (GCC, GCCH, DoD) SharePoint (GCC, GCCH, DoD) OneDrive (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Teams (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Office 365 Government (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Power Apps (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Power Automate US Government (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Power BI (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Planner (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Outlook Mobile (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Dynamics 365 US Government Microsoft Copilot Studio (GCC) Windows 365 Government Get started with Microsoft 365 Copilot Public Sector Center of Expertise We bring together thought leadership and research relating to digital transformation and innovation in the public sector. We highlight the stories of public servants around the globe, while fostering a community of decision makers. Join us as we discover and share the learnings and achievements of public sector communities. Microsoft Teams for US Government Adoption Guide Please note: This section is for informational purposes only. It is presented as is and as available with no warranty and no supportability given expressly or implied. Questions, comments, concerns and all other feedback must be presented in the comment section below the post, thank you! Microsoft 365 Copilot MC1099688 — Microsoft PowerPoint: Use Microsoft 365 Copilot to rephrase text with natural language prompts Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 494831, Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 494832 and Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 494833 Microsoft PowerPoint is introducing a new capability that enables users to rephrase or rewrite text using natural language instructions via Microsoft 365 Copilot. This enhancement allows for more tailored and expressive content creation directly in PowerPoint. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to access this feature. This message refers to PowerPoint for Windows desktop, PowerPoint for Mac desktop, and PowerPoint for the web. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, users will see a new option under the existing Copilot rewrite dropdown menu in textboxes. This feature introduces a prompt box where users can enter natural language instructions to rephrase or replace selected text. This feature will be on by default. No changes to existing permissions or settings are required. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: The section called Using the PowerPoint Rewrite Feature in Elevate your presentation game with Copilot's text rewrite feature in PowerPoint - Microsoft Support (will be updated before rollout) MC1098924 — Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for DoD customers Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 494511 Beginning late July 2025, Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (“Copilot Chat”) will be available by default at no additional cost for Entra account users in the DoD cloud with an eligible Microsoft 365 subscription: Microsoft 365 F1, F3, G3, or G5 Office 365 F1, F3, G3, or G5 Copilot Chat will be available by default from the web. It will also be available and pinned by default in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app (web), Teams (web, desktop), and Outlook (web). If Copilot Chat availability for any of these entry points changes, we will inform you. Web grounding in Copilot Chat will be off by default unless you have explicitly enabled web grounding using the “Allow web search in Copilot” Cloud Policy in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. Note: This only applies to DoD. Copilot Chat will be available for GCC in June 2025 (please refer to MC1036580 for more information). Availability for GCC-H will be communicated later. When this will happen: General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: Users will be able to access Copilot Chat in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app (web), Outlook (web), and Teams (desktop, web). Copilot Chat offers: Secure, enterprise-ready AI chat powered by models like GPT-4o. o Note: Web grounding will be off by default unless you have explicitly allowed for web grounding using the “Allow web search in Copilot” Cloud Policy. When web grounding is off, Copilot will only use the LLM pre-trained data to provide a response. IT controls for data governance, including enterprise data protection (EDP). Note: Agents will not be available initially. Agent availability will be communicated later. What you need to do to prepare: Once Copilot Chat rolls out and is available in your tenant, you will be able to manage access to it across entry points. To block access to Copilot Chat, refer to the documentation: Removing access to Copilot Chat. To block access from the web, and in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app and Outlook, refer to Step 2. To block access in Teams, refer to Step 3. Note: Since Copilot Chat will be pinned by default in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, Outlook, and Teams once available, you do not need to implement Step 1. Additionally, Copilot Chat will not be available initially through the Microsoft Edge sidebar, so you do not need to implement Step 4. Web grounding in Copilot Chat is off by default unless you have explicitly allowed for web grounding using the “Allow web search in Copilot” Cloud Policy. To manage web grounding in Copilot Chat, please refer to our documentation here. To help your organization get the most out of the new Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, we have updated the Copilot Success Kit and added the new Copilot Chat and Agent Starter Kit. This includes: Copilot Chat user training guideto help your users get started with Copilot Chat and understand how to access it. Copilot Chat and agent IT set up and controls guideto plan, deploy, manage, and measure Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in your organization. User engagement templatesin a variety of formats—including email and Teams—that you can leverage to communicate updates and new features to your users. Note: You can customize these assets to remove content about agents since agents are not initially available. Please also refer to documentation for Copilot Chat here: Overview of Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat MC1094046 — Copilot in 1:1 and group calls on Teams phone devices Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 495453 We’re introducing Copilot support for 1:1 and group calls on Teams certified phone devices, bringing real-time AI assistance directly into your calling experience. With this update, users can interact with Copilot during calls to generate call notes, recap conversations, and identify action items using prompt suggestions. This feature enhances productivity and ensures key information is captured during the call. Copilot is supported on both touch and non-touch Teams phone devices, with concise, device-optimized responses. Please note post-call summaries are not included in this release. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide) will begin in mid-July 2025 and is expected to complete by end of July 2025. How this affects your organization: Once available, users with eligible Teams phone devices and the appropriate licensing will be able to use Copilot during 1:1 and group calls. This feature is on by default for supported devices, provided the necessary policies are in place. To enable this experience: Devices must be updated to the latest Teams phone application. Users must have a Copilot license. Transcription must be enabled by admins (policy) and users (settings). What you can do to prepare: Admins should: Ensure Teams phone devices are updated to the latest version. Confirm that transcription policies are enabled in the Teams admin center. Communicate to users that they must enable transcription in their personal settings. Compliance considerations: Alters processing/storage of existing customer data Yes (transcription and in-call Copilot interactions) Introduces/modifies AI/ML capabilities with customer data Yes New end-user interaction with generative AI Yes Impacts Purview capabilities (DLP, labels, audit, etc.) Maybe (dependent on transcription and Copilot usage) Modifies user access/export/deletion of personal data (GDPR) Maybe (if Copilot-generated content is retained) MC1090693 — Create a meeting from an email thread with Copilot Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 494154 Copilot now makes it easier to schedule meetings directly from email conversations. With the new Schedule with Copilot option, Copilot analyzes the email thread and automatically creates a meeting invitation—pre-filling the title, agenda, and attaching the email thread. Attendees from the email are added to the invite, and you can quickly review, edit, and send. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out on early July 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. How this will affect your organization: Once available, users will see a new Schedule with Copilot option in supported email threads. This feature streamlines meeting creation by reducing manual steps and improving consistency in meeting details. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC1090692 — (Updated) Prepare for your on-the-go meeting with Copilot Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 494845 Updated June 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Copilot is expanding its capabilities to mobile, helping users prepare for meetings while on the move. With this update, Copilot can quickly summarize key meeting-related content—such as emails, documents, action items, and previous meeting recaps—so users arrive informed and ready. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out on early July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: Mobile users will benefit from faster, more contextual meeting preparation. By surfacing relevant insights and tasks directly on their mobile device, users can stay productive and informed even when away from their desks. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC1084034 — (Updated) Intelligent Recap Access for Multi-tenant Organization Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488298 Updated June 23, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Copilot users in a business-to-business multi-tenant organization set up can now view the intelligent meeting recap after the meeting from the resource tenant where the meeting was hosted. When this will happen: Targeted release: We will begin rolling out early August 2025 and expect to complete by mid-August 2025. General Availability: We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. How this will affect your organization: The new capability empowers users in multi-tenant setup to access meeting recap post meeting. What you need to do to prepare: No action required for either admin or users. Any Copilot users configured as a business-to-business user in a multi-tenant organization will have the capability after the launch. For additional information on B2B muti-tenant: Overview: B2B collaboration with external guests for your workforce MC1074972 — (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: New web part for FAQs powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482198 Updated June 6, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft SharePoint: A new web part for FAQs, to help assist content owners keep their content fresh and relevant. Powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot, this new web part can help content owner easily curate FAQ by working with agents and connected grounding data. Copilot license requirements: Reading: All readers can view FAQ web part content without a Copilot license. Creating & Editing: A Copilot license is necessary for creating and editing content using Copilot features. This feature requires a SharePoint license and a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late June 2025 (previously early June) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously mid-June). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 (previously late June) and expect to complete by mid-July 2025 (previously early July). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, authors can add the web part for FAQs directly to pages or news posts during editing. By selecting one or more grounding source files, AI will automatically generate FAQ content, reducing the time and effort needed for manual creation of FAQs. The web part currently supports FAQ types such as Event, Product, and Policy, with the option for authors to provide additional descriptions to guide more targeted content generation. FAQs created using the web part can be indexed for search and shared via email, making it easier to distribute consistent, up-to-date information to your organization. This change will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. MC1068898 — (Updated) GCC: Designer Skills in Chat for PowerPoint and Word Updated June 11, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are excited to announce the release of Designer image skills in M365 Copilot to the GCC environment. This release includes the ability to generate images, add license free stock images or add enterprise images from a connected SharePoint organizational asset library (OAL). These features will be accessed through chat, in both PowerPoint and Word. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out in late June 2025 (previously late May) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: These skills will be available to your organization by default in both PowerPoint and Word chat. What you need to do to prepare: You may consider updating your training and documentation as appropriate. This feature can be managed via the Office Cloud Policy Service. MC1068268 — (Updated) Account Switcher for Copilot Tab on iOS and Android Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 490213 Updated June 11, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. You can now switch between accounts on the Copilot chat tab on iOS and Android. Simply swipe left to open the left-navigation and select from the list of supported accounts. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out in early July 2025 (previously early June) and expect to complete by late July 2025 (previously late June). How this will affect your organization: Currently, users are only able to access the Copilot Chat tab with their default account or privacy, even if they have other accounts that support Copilot. With account-switching on iOS and Android, users will be able to access Copilot Chat from other accounts that support Copilot, enabling them to access their chat history and graph data associated with those accounts. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC1052912 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams - Copilot Summary for Transferred Calls Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 484123 Updated July 1, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Copilot enabled users will now be able to share the summary of the call from within the transfer panel and the context will be shown in the toast notification and within the call. This feature requires a Copilot license to be enabled. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025 (previously late June). How this will affect your organization: Once available and if transcribe is enabled, users will be able to share a summary or a call from the transfer panel. What you need to do to prepare: You may consider updating your training and documentation. No admin configuration required other than allowing users to transcribe their calls. MC1045226 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Speaker recognition and attribution in Teams Rooms on Android Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 480715 Updated June 13, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. You can now use speaker recognition, transcript attribution, and AI capabilities in Teams Rooms on Android. Intelligent speaker functionalities are brought to existing speakers via the cloud. This feature identifies and attributes people in live transcripts, utilizing a unique voice profile for each participant enabling intelligent recaps and maximum value from Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams Premium in meetings. Users can easily and securely enroll voices via Teams Settings. This feature requires a Teams Rooms Pro license. Users can enroll voices in the Teams Desktop. Learn more: Set up your digital voice profile When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: With speaker recognition, Teams Rooms on Android can identify speakers during live transcription in shared meeting rooms, ensuring clear and precise voice capture for every participant. This allows you to track who said what during the meeting through intelligent meeting recap and Copilot. What you need to do to prepare: While this functionality is still off by default, if you have already turned it on, be aware that it will enable this feature even for hardware that did not previously support it. To use this new capability, you need to first setup the right policies through PowerShell. For additional information about how to set the right policies, see Manage voice recognition technology controls for an Intelligent Speaker.Participants can set up a voice profile in minutes using the Teams Desktop application. Each person gets a unique voice signature, stored securely in your organization's tenant in the Microsoft Cloud to ensure that every contribution is accurately captured in every meeting, helping you to have a more productive meeting experience. For information about how to enable face and voice enrollment for your organization, see Overview of voice and face enrollment. MC1040542 — (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat: Increased transparency for web queries (GCC) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 483965 Updated June 5, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Users with licenses for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will soon be able to see the exact web search queries used by Copilot to generate its response with relevant web data. Users will see this feature if you enable web search. Before this rollout, Copilot provided a list of websites that it used to generate its response. After this rollout, a user will also be able to review the exact queries sent by Copilot, which will enhance the user's awareness of how Copilot sourced the websites used to generate its response. Learn more: Introducing greater transparency and control for web search queries in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat | Microsoft Community Hub This feature will be available for both Web and Work chats in Microsoft 365 Copilot and in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. For more information on Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat availability, please refer to MC1036580 Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for GCC customers (published March 2025). A Microsoft 365 Copilot license or an eligible Microsoft 365 license for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is required. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out early June 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: This feature will be available by default if you have enabled web search. Learn more about managing web search in Copilot for your organization What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. . MC1020213 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams Rooms: New Facilitator agent takes notes in ad-hoc and scheduled meetings (Public Preview) Updated June 4, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams Rooms: Facilitator is a collaborative communication agent available to your users in Teams Rooms meetings. It combines the power of large language models (LLMs) and Teams data to record notes and help users be productive during meetings. Facilitator is not on by default. As an admin, you can use these instructions to control whether Facilitator is available to your entire organization or to a certain group of users. A Teams Rooms Pro license is required to use this feature. This message is related to MC1017117 Microsoft Teams: New Facilitator agent takes notes in meetings and chats (February 2025), which applies to other Teams platforms. When this will happen: Public Preview (Teams Rooms for Windows desktop): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by late April 2025. Public Preview (Teams Rooms for Android): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 (previously late April) and expect to complete by late July 2025 (previously late May). We will communicate the plan for General Availability in a future post. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, and after you use these instructions to enable Facilitator for your organization, users can scan the QR code on the first Teams Room screen to invite Facilitator from their phones to ad hoc and in-person discussions in Teams Rooms. Facilitator will create rich AI notes with a summary, action items, and speaker attribution. Teams Rooms will also create AI notes for scheduled meetings when the Facilitator agent is invited to a meeting by a remote attendee. Facilitator and Microsoft 365 are built on Microsoft's comprehensive approach to security, compliance, and privacy. As a part of the security promise, you can discover, protect, and govern AI interactions with Facilitator through Microsoft Purview. Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) for AI helps IT and security teams proactively discover and manage data risks. Use DSPM for AI in conjunction with other Microsoft Purview capabilities such as Audit, eDiscovery, and Data Lifecycle Management to ensure data security and compliance for your organization. Learn more about Microsoft Purview: Microsoft Purview data security and compliance protections for Microsoft 365 Copilot and other generative AI apps | Microsoft Learn. In Teams Rooms meetings, users can scan the QR code to invite Facilitator to the meeting. What you need to do to prepare: To enable Facilitator in your environment, please follow these instructions. To enable the Public Preview of Microsoft Teams Rooms in your environment, use the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal > Rooms > Settings > Account > Enable Public preview To enable the Facilitator agent QR code in Teams Rooms, use the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal > Rooms > Settings > Meetings > Show Room facilitator QR code This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. To test the feature, please follow the steps above to prepare your environment. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. Sharepoint Online MC1098935 — Microsoft SharePoint: Header and Footer enhancements Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 489225 We’re updating the Microsoft SharePoint site header and footer to deliver a more modern, customizable, and brand-aligned experience. This visual enhancement introduces new options for customizing the header, footer, and navigation links—empowering site owners to better reflect their organization’s identity and create more engaging, connected SharePoint sites. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-August 2025. General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will start rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. How this will affect your organization: These updates will enhance the visual consistency and usability of SharePoint sites, making it easier to deliver visually compelling, on-brand experiences across your organization. For site viewers: The command bar will be hidden in View mode for a cleaner, more immersive experience. Teaching tips will help users locate previously available command bar buttons in the header. For site owners: New design flexibility will include: Set an image as the header or footer background and customize the overlay color. Change fonts for the site title, navigation links, footer name, and footer links using a set of predefined font families. Adjust footer alignment, including support for left alignment. This change will be on by default. After this rollout, site admins can customize the header background under the new Design tab in the Header configuration panel: Site viewers will have a cleaner, more immersive experience with the command bar hidden in View mode. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. MC1094051 — (Updated) Support Update for SharePoint Framework Field Customizers in Lists and Document Libraries Updated June 24, 2025: We will not be proceeding with this change at this time. Thank you for your patience. We are evaluating the retirement of the SharePoint Framework (SPFx) Field Customizers feature from SharePoint Lists and Document Libraries. In many cases, we recommend alternatives like using Column Formatters and disabling SPFx Field customizers. This would help with better performance with modern experience that is continuously updated. When this will happen: We are currently assessing the timelines and will update this post as plans progress. You can be assured that it will be communicated well in advance, with ample time to manage transition effectively. How this affects your organization: There is no impact to your organization as of now. In future depending on updated timelines, SharePoint Lists or Document Libraries with SPFx Field Customizers may get affected: Field Customizers will no longer render custom code. Column data will display using the default rendering based on column type. Other SPFx extensions, such as Command Set Customizersand Application Customizers, will continue to function as expected. We recommend transitioning to Column Formatting for visual customizations where possible. For scenarios requiring third-party code execution, continue using Command Set Customizers or Application Customizers. What you can do to prepare:: Review your current use of Field Customizers and begin planning your transition. Additional information: Support update for SharePoint framework field customizers in lists and document libraries MC1088170 — Microsoft SharePoint: Estimated read time for News posts Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 491024 We will add an estimated read time to Microsoft SharePoint News posts to help users better manage their time and engagement. This message applies to SharePoint News on the web and the Microsoft Viva Connections app in Microsoft Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for Android and iOS. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, and DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, SharePoint News posts will display an estimated read time. This will appear in the banner web part of each news item: The feature is on by default. Authors can toggle it on or off in the settings panel of the banner web part: What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update your relevant documentation. Learn more: Create and share news on your SharePoint sites - Microsoft Support (will be updated before rollout) MC1072408 — (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Storage insights will be included in Microsoft 365 admin center usage reports Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482200 Updated June 24, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for the Microsoft SharePoint usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center: A new Storage tab will provide a high-level view of your overall SharePoint quota consumption and recommended actions for storage management. Note: This report is available to non-Education tenants. Education tenants should refer to their pooled storage report. Learn more about viewing the pooled storage report: Pooled storage management - M365 Education | Microsoft Learn When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously mid-June). How this will affect your organization: The SharePoint storage report provides an overview of your tenant’s storage profile across multiple geographies. It will help you understand your tenant’s storage growth trend and make informed decisions on when to buy more storage or clean up usage. The report will include suggestions for optimizing storage, such as setting file history limits, archiving inactive sites, and creating site lifecycle management policies. Also, banner notifications will appear when your tenant is approaching or over the storage quota. To start using the SharePoint storage report: In the Microsoft 365 admin center, go to Reports > Usage page From the homepage dashboard, under Reports,select SharePoint. Select the Storage tab. The new Storage tab on the SharePoint storage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center: What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Microsoft 365 Reports in the admin center – SharePoint storage - Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Learn MC1055557 — (Updated) SharePoint Online: Content Security Policy Control in Tenant Administration Updated June 11, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. SharePoint Online Tenant Administrators can now allow script sources for modern pages in SharePoint sites. This feature is particularly useful in scenarios where modern pages have custom code that loads scripts (e.g., TypeScript code) from external sources like a content delivery network (CDN). SharePoint will now report to administrators where sources that have not been allowed are loaded from, providing a way for administrators to identify those sources and take action. Tenant Administrators can also enforce browsers to only load scripts from allowed sources. This behavior can be enabled using SharePoint Online Management Shell. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out on late March 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out on late April 2025 and expect to complete by late April 2025. General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out on late April 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously early June). How this will affect your organization: Tenant Administrators will have the option to control and govern where custom code loads scripts and, if needed, enforce browsers to only load scripts from trusted sources. A new "Trusted script sources" page will give administrators control over which source can be trusted to load scripts. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. MC921752 — (Updated) Retirement of the SharePoint SendEmail API Updated June 5, 2025: As a reminder from the post announced on October 31st, 2024, we will be retiring the Utility.SendEmail API on October 31st, 2025. In addition, you are now able to identify usage of the API via the Purview audit logs in the admin center As a tenant admin, navigate to the Microsoft Purview Portal available within the Microsoft 365 Admin Center. Open Audit to search for activities. Select a date range to run the audit search for (recommend running it for at least 90 days) Put the following text, “SendEmailApiInvoked” into the “Activities – operation names” textbox and click search. The request will be queued, and results will be available once processed. Click on the results and review each of the items. Use the UserAgent and ApplicationDisplayName to help identify the caller. NOTE: If the ApplicationDisplayName = “Workflow” then the items will be unaffected by this API retirement but will follow the SharePoint 2013 Workflow retirement. We will be retiring the Utility.SendEmail API from SharePoint. The SP.Utilities.Utility.SendEmail could be used to send emails from custom applications or processes within SharePoint Online, including Power Automate, and custom workflows. From custom code the API can be referenced via REST as (“/_api/SP.Utilities.Utility.SendEmail”) while for CSOM, it would be “Utility.SendEmail” with more information on the original implementation at Utility.SendEmail method for CSOM. When this will happen: October 31, 2025 How this will affect your organization: Any components, custom code, or Power Automate connections that utilize the SP.Utilities.Utility.SendEmail API, should be updated before the end of life date. The API will stop providing services on the retirement date and will no longer send any email requests from that date. What you need to do to prepare: Migrate any custom code, power automate, processes or policies running within SharePoint Online that have been configured to send email using the SP.Utilities.Utility.SendEmail API. The following are recommended or alternative approaches: Use Microsoft Graph to send email using the user: SendMail API (Part of the Outlook mail workload) Automate creating, sending, and processing messages Customizations through Power Automate may also utilize the Outlook connector and utilize “Send an email” within the Actions. Overview of using Outlook and Power Automate Learn more: Retirement of the SharePoint SendEmail API Automate creating, sending, and processing messages Overview of using Outlook and Power Automate Learn about the Microsoft Purview portal | Microsoft Learn OneDrive for Business MC1089315 — Resharing to external users required after enabling Microsoft SharePoint integration with Microsoft Entra B2B Updated June 26, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance security, we are making a critical change to how Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft OneDrive integrate with Microsoft Entra B2B. This change affects how external users access previously shared content. When this will happen: Effective July 1, 2025, external users will no longer be able to access files, folders, or sites using links that were shared via SharePoint One Time Passcode (OTP) before your organization enabled Microsoft SharePoint and OneDrive integration with Microsoft Entra B2B. How this will affect your organization: All users in every tenant that has already enabled or in future, will enable SharePoint integration with Entra B2B are impacted. Your external users will lose access to all the files, folders and sites shared via SharePoint One Time Passcode (OTP) before enabling this integration. To give access again, resharing is required. After the integration is enabled, external sharing will use Microsoft Entra B2B Invitation Manager. Learn more: B2B Invitation Redemption - Microsoft Entra External ID | Microsoft Learn External users attempting to use older links will encounter an error message "Sorry, something went wrong. This organization has updated its guest access settings. To access this item, please contact the person who shared it with you and ask them to reshare it with you. Impact to end users: External users will lose access to content shared before your tenant enabled SharePoint integration with Entra B2B. To restore access, users must reshare the file, folder, or site with the intended external collaborators. If the original sender is unavailable or lacks permission, another authorized user must reshare the content. No changes are required to the sharing process—users can continue to share content as they always have. What you need to do to prepare: Notify your users: Inform your users who collaborate externally that previously shared links will no longer work. Update internal documentation: Adjust training materials and helpdesk scripts to reflect this change. Learn more: Microsoft Entra B2B integration for SharePoint & OneDrive - SharePoint in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn MC1079736 — (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft OneDrive: Apply watermark to PDFs Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485796 Updated June 26, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft SharePoint for web will soon let users add text or images as watermarks to PDF documents. Users can place the watermark in front of their content and choose the desired location and angle for the watermark. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by mid-July 2025 (previously early July). How this will affect your organization: To add text as a watermark: Open a PDF stored in OneDrive or SharePoint and then select Edit at the top right of the screen. Select Watermark from the top menu, enter your text, customize the formatting and color, and place the watermark in the desired position. Choose from nine positions: top left, top center, top right, middle left, middle center, middle right, bottom left, bottom center, and bottom right. Text formatting options include bold, italic, color, size, transparency, and rotation. Preview changes on the right side of the screen, and then select Applyto save changes. To add an image as a watermark: From the Watermarkdialog box, select Picture to insert an image as a watermark. Adjust scale, transparency, and rotation if desired. Set the image in the desired position. Choose from nine positions: top left, top center, top right, middle left, middle center, middle right, bottom left, bottom center, and bottom right. Preview changes on the right side of the screen, and then select Applyto save. To edit an existing watermark: Select Watermark from the top menu, and then select the watermark to edit. Follow the same steps for adding text or images to modify text or images in the watermark. To add another watermark, select Add new under the Watermark toolbar. To remove a watermark: Select Watermarkfrom the top menu, and then select the watermark to remove. Select the Removebutton at the bottom of the screen. FAQs Can I modify watermarks using other PDF tools? Watermarks added in OneDrive or SharePoint will be visible in other PDF tools but cannot be edited or removed with third-party tools. Does applying a watermark change my original PDF? Yes, applying a watermark will change your PDF document. The watermark is superimposed on the PDF content. Users can easily remove any watermark applied in OneDrive or SharePoint. What you need to do to prepare: Note: Some users may see this feature before other users in your organization. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. MC1077863 — (Updated) Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft SharePoint: Use the table of contents in a PDF to navigate Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486859 Updated June 27, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft OneDrive for the web and Microsoft SharePoint Online will be able to display a table of contents if a PDF already has one. Users can select an item in the table of contents to jump directly to the location of that item in the PDF. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by early August 2025 (early July). How this will affect your organization: Open a PDF in OneDrive for the web or in SharePoint. If your PDF contains a table of contents, it will show up on the left side of your screen. Select any line item to jump directly to the page To close the table of contents, select the X in the top right of the panel. Select the View the table of contentsicon in the top left of the panel to open it again. This feature will be on by default. What you need to do to prepare: Note: Some users may see this feature before other users within your organization. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Microsoft Viva MC1102792 — Microsoft Viva Amplify and SharePoint News: Videos will play in Microsoft Outlook instead of web browser Coming soon: Videos embedded using the Stream webpart in Microsoft Viva Amplify publications and Microsoft SharePoint News pages will play inline in emails in new Microsoft Outlook for Windows desktop and Microsoft Outlook for the web. Users will be able to watch videos in Outlook without leaving Outlook to watch videos that open in a web browser. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by early September 2025. How this will affect your organization: This feature will be on by default. Learn more about admin controls for this feature in the Limiting who can use the feature section of Embed and play back videos in Outlook and Loop | Microsoft Learn What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update your relevant documentation. Learn more Embed and play back videos in Outlook and Loop | Microsoft Learn How to insert Stream videos in Loop and Outlook - Microsoft Support #newoutlookforwindows MC1096224 — (Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage: Microsoft Yammer JavaScript SDK will retire Updated June 30, 2025: We have updated the content and rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. As communicated previously in Embracing a Fully Modern Viva Engage Experience | Microsoft Community Hub (April 2025) and MC1048615 (updated) Announcing the retirement of legacy Yammer application platform (April 2025), we will retire the Microsoft Yammer JavaScript SDK on July 31st. This SDK enables developers to call Yammer APIs from custom applications and websites. As part of our ongoing efforts to modernize and streamline the developer experience, we are removing access to the hosted SDK assets that support client-side integrations. Please note that no extensions will be provided post July 31st, 2025 to support Yammer SDK assets. Customer must transition to alternatives mentioned on this post. After this retirement, these SDK assets will return a 404 error when requested: https://c64.assets-yammer.com/assets/platform_js_sdk.js https://canary-azure.assets-yammer.com/assets/releases/stable/yam-platform-sdk-page-bootstrap-4e1320deb0f28de220d7.js Any applications or websites relying on these scripts will break. Developers will see 404 errors in browser consoles, and SDK methods will no longer function. The impact on end users will vary depending on how the SDK is integrated into your custom solutions. What you can do to prepare:: Remove dependencies on the Yammer JavaScript SDK as soon as possible. Use alternatives such as the Yammer REST APIs or Viva Engage APIs available via Microsoft Graph. If you have downloaded and deployed the SDK assets with your application (an unsupported scenario), ensure they are removed from your deployment. MC1048615 — (Updated) Announcing the retirement of legacy Yammer application platform Updated June 23, 2025: We have updated the content below. Thank you for your patience. In CY25Q3, the legacy Yammer application platform will be retired, along with the oAuth2 authentication flow via these applications. If planning to use Yammer APIs in your tenant, follow this guide to authenticate using Entra (AAD) tokens. Customers will need to migrate existing applications to use Entra (AAD) tokens to remove all reliance on legacy Yammer application registrations. Additionally, we will retire the Microsoft Yammer JavaScript SDK starting June 30, 2025, and ending by late July 2025. This SDK enables developers to call Yammer APIs from custom applications and websites. As part of our efforts to modernize and streamline the developer experience, we are removing access to the hosted SDK assets that support client-side integrations. Applications or websites relying on these scripts will break, and developers will see 404 errors in browser consoles When this will happen: Worldwide: All user experience for registering and using Yammer applications will be retired by the end of June 2025. Yammer JavaScript SDK will be retired starting June 30, 2025, with access to hosted SDK assets ending by late July 2025. After this date, the following scripts will return 404 errors: https://c64.assets-yammer.com/assets/platform_js_sdk.js https://canary-azure.assets-yammer.com/assets/releases/stable/yam-platform-sdk-page-bootstrap-4e132 How this will affect your organization: The impact depends on your use of legacy Yammer applications. Organizations with custom applications or partners developing applications may be more impacted than those using out-of-the-box features of Viva Engage. Admins should review usage of legacy Yammer applications with relevant stakeholders. No impact if your organization does not use Yammer APIs or uses Entra applications to call Yammer APIs. This is the recommended method to authenticate when using Yammer APIs. Learn more. No changes are expected to the functionality of Yammer APIs. For CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) support, Yammer app creations may be allowed as an exception, following the JavaScript app guidance in the documentation. When opening a support case to request legacy Yammer application registration for CORS issue, information on usage will be required. Approval or denial will depend on the details of the request. You may be directed to use a modern alternative, and guidance will be provided in the response to your support request. Any applications using the Yammer JavaScript SDK will stop functioning once SDK assets are removed. What you need to do to prepare: Review your usage of custom and partner applications which connect to Viva Engage (Yammer). Identify any requirements for legacy Yammer application registration and use a modern alternative when available. If planning to use Yammer APIs in your tenant, follow this guide to authenticate using Entra (AAD) tokens. We recommend migrating existing applications to use Entra (AAD) tokens as soon as possible to remove all reliance on legacy Yammer application registrations. Remove dependencies on the Yammer JavaScript SDK as soon as possible. Use alternatives such as the Yammer REST APIs or Viva Engage APIs available via Microsoft Graph. If you have downloaded and deployed the SDK assets with your application (an unsupported scenario), ensure they are removed from your deployment. Microsoft Teams MC1107491 — Microsoft Teams: Compact notification size for users Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 496175 We’re introducing a new compact toast notification size in Microsoft Teams for Windows. This update gives users the option to reduce the visual footprint of notifications, offering a cleaner, more minimalist experience that helps reduce screen clutter and distractions. When this will happen: Targeted Release: Rolling out early July 2025, expected to complete by mid-July 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): Rolling out mid-July 2025, expected to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): Rolling out late July 2025, expected to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, Windows users will be able to choose between the standard and compact toast notification sizes in Teams by navigating to: Settings > Notifications > Choose Compact This feature is off by default and must be enabled by the user. It is designed to improve focus and reduce screen clutter, especially in high-notification environments. What you need to do to prepare: No admin action is required. The feature will be available to all users once their Teams client updates to the supported build. There are no admin controls for this feature. You may consider notifying your users about this new option to help them tailor their notification experience. MC1106873 — Microsoft Teams | Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and Citrix: New Plugin for SlimCore-based Optimization Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 375418 We’re introducing a new plugin for Microsoft Teams in Citrix Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) environments. This update delivers improved performance and a streamlined user experience through a new SlimCore-based optimization architecture (VDI 2.0). The plugin (version 2025.14.1.8) introduces a new MSIX packaging model and simplifies permission prompts for users. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 and expect to complete by early August 2025. General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. How this will affect your organization: This change introduces a new plugin and packaging model for Teams VDI optimization with the SlimCore media engine: Users will see a one-time permission prompt for microphone and camera access when launching Teams with the new plugin. Once granted, they will not be prompted again after future updates. A new app entry, Microsoft Teams VDI Optimizer, will appear under Settings > Apps > Installed apps. Previous entries for "Microsoft Teams VDI" will be automatically cleaned up after a certain period of time. IT admins must update AppLocker, Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC), and Group Policy settings to accommodate: - New run location for MsTeamsVdi.exe. - New package family names: Microsoft.Teams.SlimCoreVdiHost.win-x64_8wekyb3d8bbwe Microsoft.Teams.SlimCoreVdiFwk.win-x64._8wekyb3d8bbwe Visual representation of the new Slimcore-based Microsoft Teams VDI plugin architecture, highlighting the separation into Host and Framework MSIX packages: What you need to do to prepare: For managed devices: Review and update AppLocker/WDAC policies and the BlockNonAdminUserInstall GPO to allow the new SlimCore Host and Framework packages For Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) devices: No action is required if restrictive policies are not in place. The Citrix Workspace app can update the plugin automatically without admin privileges. Alternatively, download the new pluginto install manually. Learn more: Microsoft Teams - Classic Teams for Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure | Microsoft Learn MC1104311 — Microsoft Teams: Usability and privacy improvements for live captions and transcripts in meetings Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 495454 We’ve made several usability improvements to enhance live captions and live transcripts in Microsoft Teams — making meetings more intuitive, less distracting, and more privacy-conscious. First, live captions will be scrollable, allowing users to review the meeting conversation without interrupting the live view. To help protect sensitive content and support compliance with data handling policies, copying text from live captions is now disabled by default. This ensures captions remain a real-time experience, reducing the risk of content being copied and shared out of context. Second, the Live transcript panel will no longer open automatically for the user who starts recording, which also triggers transcription in the background. Before this rollout, this panel only auto-opens for the person who initiates recording or transcription — not for other participants — but this can be distracting and isn’t always relevant to the user's intent. After this rollout, the Live transcript panel will remain closed unless manually opened or the user explicitly starts transcription. This gives users more control over their meeting layout and helps avoid unnecessary screen changes during important discussions. Third, when transcription is enabled, users who attempt to open the Live transcript panel will now see a banner suggesting they switch to live captions instead. This helps guide users to the most appropriate feature for following the conversation in real time, improving comprehension and reducing confusion. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, and Teams for the web. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 and expect to complete by early August 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early August 2025 and expect to complete by mid-August 2025. How this will affect your organization: These updates improve usability, privacy, and accessibility in Teams meetings. Users gain more flexibility with captions and fewer disruptions from auto-opening panels. Disabling caption copying supports compliance by minimizing accidental data sharing. The in-product banner helps guide users to the best experience for real-time engagement. The message "You can't copy the selected text" will appear if a user tries to copy live captions after this rollout: What you need to do to prepare: No admin action is required. This feature has no admin controls. These changes will roll out automatically and will be available by default. To support awareness and adoption: Inform users about scrollable captions and changes to the Live transcriptpanel. Update training materials, if applicable. If your organization previously relied on copying captions, note that live transcripts remain the official source of meeting content. Learn more Use live captions in Microsoft Teams meetings - Microsoft Support(will be updated before rollout) Manage chat for sensitive Teams meetings - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn(will be updated to remove live caption information) Compliance considerations: These changes do not alter how customer data is stored or processed. However, disabling caption copying by default helps protect sensitive content during meetings and supports compliance with internal policies. Live transcripts are unaffected and remain accessible via standard Microsoft 365 compliance tools (such as Microsoft Purview eDiscovery, Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention, and DLP retention). MC1104306 — Microsoft Teams: Users can save chats and channel messages for later Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 496369 We're introducing a new user feature in Microsoft Teams that allows individuals to save any message—whether it's a post, reply, or chat—and access it later from the Saved view in their Chat or Teams list. Clicking a saved message will open the full conversation in the right pane, enabling users to review or respond directly. This helps users quickly return to important information without scrolling through long threads. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early August 2025 and expect to complete by mid-August 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late August 2025 and expect to complete by early September 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, users will be able to save their messages and recall them later to support their personal workflows: Users can go to the three-dot menu for a message and select Save this message: The saved message will display in the user's Saved messages list in their Chat and Teams lists: What you need to do to prepare: No admin action needed and no admin controls exist. This feature will be available by default. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your admins and/or users about this change and update internal documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. Compliance considerations: Does the change alter how existing customer data is processed, stored, or accessed (e.g. documents, emails, chats, etc.)? Yes. Saving a message creates a copy of the original message. If the original message is deleted, the saved copy will also be deleted in accordance with existing retention policies. No admin action is required, but an existing retention policy must be in place. MC1103605 — Microsoft Teams admin center: Additional monitoring scenarios in Best Practice Configurations dashboard Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 492982 We’re expanding the Best practice configurations dashboard in the Microsoft Teams admin center to include additional monitoring scenarios. This dashboard helps Teams administrators assess how well their tenant aligns with Microsoft’s recommended best practices for optimal collaboration—particularly for meeting experiences. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for Mac. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide and GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: The Best practice configurations dashboard helps ensure a high-quality Teams experience by identifying areas where your network setup may not align with Microsoft’s recommendations. In this release, the dashboard will monitor three additional scenarios: Bypass local proxy Bypass cloud proxy DNS resolution failures Non-conformant locations will be highlighted on the dashboard and summarized in a widget on the main page. Admins will also see a breakdown by city and subnet/IP address, with export options for sharing insights with relevant teams. Only locations with significant non-conformance will be shown, to reduce noise. As issues are resolved, the dashboard will track trends to help monitor progress over time. After this rollout, visit the Meetings section of the Teams admin center to view the updated dashboard. Use the export and recommended remediations to collaborate with your networking teams and address any flagged issues. This feature will be available by default for admins to configure. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your admins and/or users about this change and update internal documentation. Learn more: Best practice configurations dashboard for Microsoft Teams meetings - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn MC1103603 — Microsoft Teams Phones: Configure line keys in Teams admin center for streamlined device management Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 493320 We’re introducing a new capability in the Microsoft Teams admin center (TAC) that allows IT admins to configure line keys on Microsoft Teams-certified phone devices. This enhancement simplifies setup and management by enabling assignment of line keys to contact types such as speed dials, call queues, and shared lines—supporting both personal and common area phone (CAP) scenarios. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2025 and expect to complete by late September 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2025 and expect to complete by late November 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, admins can assign line keys in the Teams admin center in two ways: Using a generic configuration section (device-agnostic) Using device model-specific templates Important: For common area phones, line key assignment will be managed exclusively through the Teams admin center. Personal phones will continue to support line key assignment both on the device and via the Teams admin center. To ensure successful configuration, users must allow admin overrides in device settings. This feature will be available by default on Teams phone devices running the latest application version and visible in the Teams admin center. It enhances consistency and control across Teams-certified phones, especially in shared environments. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your admins and/or users about this change and update internal documentation. Compliance considerations: Does the change store new customer data? Yes. MC1098931 — Microsoft Teams admin center: Apply only configured settings from configuration profiles for Teams Android devices Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 313800 We’re introducing an improvement to configuration profiles in the Microsoft Teams admin center for Android devices. Admins will now have more granular control—only explicitly configured settings in a profile will be applied to devices, preventing unintended changes. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out early August 2025 and expect to complete by mid-August 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025. How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout, assigning a configuration profile applies all settings—including those left unconfigured—with default values. This sometimes causes unintended changes (such as language or time zone). After this rollout: Only settings explicitly configured in the profile will be applied. Settings left as Not configuredwill remain unchanged on the device. This change simplifies bulk management and reduces the risk of overwriting regional or OEM-specific defaults. The new configuration profile experience will be available by default for admins to configure, as follows: Create a configuration profile Go to Teams Devices >[device type]> Configuration profiles and select Add. By default, all settings will display as Not configured. Enter a name for the profile and optionally add a friendly description. Configure the settings you want for the profile and select Review changes. In the Review configured settings pop-up, compare and confirm before saving. Select Save. Assign a configuration profile Go to Teams Devices> [device type Select one or more devices, and then select Assign configuration. If any selected devices are from OEMs that don’t yet support this feature, you will see a warning in the Assign a configuration pane: Note: Many OEMs have already implemented support for this feature. We are working with the remaining OEMs to enable it over the next few months. We will publish full OEM support details in the public documentation after the release begins. In the Assign a configurationpane, search for the configuration profile to assign to the selected devices. Select Apply. Edit a configuration profile Go to Teams Devices >[device type] > Configuration profiles. Select the configuration profile you want to edit. Configure the desired settings and select Review changes. Review and confirm the settings in the pop-up, then select Save. If the profile was already assigned to devices, changes will be applied automatically. If the profile was not already assigned, assign the updated profile to devices as needed. Reassign a configuration profile To reassign a configuration profile to the existing assigned devices, without making any changes to settings Go to Teams Devices >[device type] > Configuration profiles. Select the configuration profile you want to reassign. At the bottom of the configuration profile, a Reassign button will appear if the profile was assigned to a device Select Reassign, review the configured settings, and then select Save. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before or after the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your admins and/or users about this change and update internal documentation. Learn more: The Use configuration profiles section in Manage devices in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn (will be updated before rollout) MC1098172 — Microsoft Teams: New feature suggests contacts for call transfers on Teams Phone devices Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 495457 To streamline the call transfer experience on Microsoft Teams Phone devices, we’re introducing intelligent suggestions for call transfer targets. With this feature, your organization can reduce clicks and save time with intelligent call transfer suggestions. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, the intelligent suggestions will provide relevant contacts based on a user’s recent call activity and their group associations, reducing the number of steps needed to complete a transfer and improving in-call efficiency. Users on Teams phone devices will see a new Suggested Call Transfer Targets section, ranked above speed dial entries along with group contacts. These suggestions are based on recent call history and update asynchronously when users access their call history and their group associations. Both touch and non-touch devices are supported. Sections for suggestions, speed dial, and groups are collapsible and expanded by default. When a user initiates a search, these sections are hidden to prioritize search results. This feature is on by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your admins and/or users about this change and update internal documentation. Device requirements: Ensure all Teams phone devices are updated to the latest application version to receive this feature. Learn more: Microsoft Teams | Teams devices management apps. Compliance considerations: Does the change alter how existing customer data is processed, stored, or accessed? Yes, it uses call history to generate suggestions. Does the change introduce or significantly modify AI/ML or agent capabilities that interact with or provide access to customer data? Yes, it uses intelligent suggestions based on call history. MC1094074 — Microsoft Teams | New feature: Shared spaces insights in the Pro Management portal Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 493318 We’re introducing a new Shared Spaces Insights page in the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal. This feature provides IT admins with detailed utilization insights for shared spaces, starting with Teams Rooms. It includes time-series data visualizations and filtering options such as location, business hours, days of the week, and date ranges—making it easier to understand how meeting spaces are being used across your organization. Learn more: Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal | Microsoft Learn. When this will happen: Public Preview: Rolling out in July 2025 and expected to complete within the same month. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): Also rolling out in July 2025, with completion expected by the end of the month. How this will affect your organization: The new Shared Spaces Insights feature will help IT admins optimize space planning and improve meeting room utilization. This feature will be on by default for tenants with a Teams Rooms Pro license. What you need to do to prepare: Access Shared Spaces Insights and ensure that your tenant has at least one Teams Rooms Pro or Premium license assigned. To ensure Teams Rooms on Android devices are visible in the Shared Spaces Insights page, update them to Admin Agent version 1.0.0.202412110504 or newer. Devices updated to the required Admin Agent version on or before May 6, 2025 will begin reporting utilization metrics starting May 6, 2025. Devices updated after May 6, 2025 will begin reporting utilization metrics only going forward after the Admin Agent version is upgraded to 1.0.0.202412110504 or newer. Please allow 24 to 48 hours for the utilization metrics to populate. Devices running older versions of the Admin Agent will not appear in the Shared Spaces Insights dashboard until they are updated. No additional configuration is required. Before rollout, we will update this post with new screenshots. Compliance considerations: Does the change alter how existing customer data is processed, stored, or accessed? Yes - It uses calendar and occupancy data from Teams Rooms. MC1094047 — Custom Ringtone Behavior and Ringtones for Assigned Line Keys Roadmap ID 495451 We’re introducing new customization options for Teams-certified phone devices that enhance how users manage incoming calls. With this update, users can personalize the behavior and ringtone for each assigned line key—choosing from ring only, ring with flash, or flash only. Unique ringtones can also be assigned per line key, making it easier to identify calls at a glance. This feature is supported across touch, non-touch, and sidecar devices, giving users more control over their call experience. End users will be able to configure these settings directly on their devices. Admin-level controls are planned for a future release. When this will happen: Worldwide/GCC Clouds: Rolling out from mid-July 2025 through end of July 2025 GCCH Clouds: Rolling out from mid-August 2025 through end of August 2025 DoD Clouds: Rolling out from early September 2025 through mid-September 2025 How this affects your organization: Users with Teams-certified phone devices will be able to customize how each line key alerts them, improving call management and reducing missed or misidentified calls. This feature is on by default for users with the latest Teams phone application update. No admin action is required at this time. What you can do to prepare:: Ensure that Teams phone devices in your organization are updated to the latest application version to enable this functionality. Communicate this enhancement to your users and help desk teams so they are aware of the new customization options. MC1093230 — Action Recommended: Script To Uninstall Classic Teams Action Recommended: Script To Uninstall Classic Teams If you have already migrated to New Teams, you can use the following script to uninstall Classic Teams: Uninstall Script for Classic Teams. Note that Classic Teams will be unavailable to use in 19 days. We recommend reviewing the documentation to ensure proper deployment across your environment. To avoid disruption, please ensure all users are fully migrated to the new Teams experience. Learn more: Pre-installation script for new Teams client - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn The Prerequisites for target computerssection of Bulk deploy the new Microsoft Teams desktop client - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn Script to Uninstallation Classic Teams Download New Teams MC1092431 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams Premium: Branding will extend to town halls and webinars Updated June 25, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We’re expanding the availability of Microsoft Teams Premium branding to include town halls and webinars. This enhancement enables organizers to deliver polished, on-brand experiences across more event types—strengthening brand affinity and engagement from the moment attendees join. This feature requires a Teams Premium license. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We began rolling out late May 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025 (previously mid-June). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, if your organization has configured branding in the Teams admin center, it will automatically apply to: Town halls Webinars Regular meetings (already supported) Branded elements will appear on the pre-join screen and during the meeting experience, including: Organization logo Custom background image Brand hex color Organizers with a Teams Premium license can disable branding for individual events via Meeting Options in the scheduling form. This change will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current branding configuration in the Teams admin center to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your admins and/or users about this change and update internal documentation. Learn more: An overview of customizations for meetings in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn MC1090696 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Teams Rooms Pro Management portal will be generally available (DoD) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 493323 Updated June 23, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro: The Teams Pro Management service and portal will be generally available. You will be able to use the remote device management and analytics features of the solution while meeting high security and privacy standards. When this will happen: General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early August 2025 and expect to complete by mid-August 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, you will be able to access the Pro Management Portal in your organization at https://devices.dod.teams.microsoft.us/ The new portal will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update your relevant documentation. Please follow the set up process detailed in Enroll a Teams Room device into Pro Management - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn MC1090689 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Enhanced peripheral data in Pro Management portal reports for BYOD spaces Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 493319 Updated June 16, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We’re adding new peripheral health reporting capabilities to the Pro Management portal, enabling admins to proactively monitor device issues in bring your own device (BYOD) rooms and desks. These reports help identify when peripherals are faulty, missing, moved, or undetectable by a PC—allowing admins to take action before users report problems. Reports for rooms require a Teams Shared Devices license. Desk reporting is currently in public preview. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide and GCC): Rollout will begin in early September 2025 (previously early July) and is expected to complete by late September 2025 (previously late July). How this affects your organization: Admins can now use peripheral status data to detect hardware issues in BYOD rooms and desks before they impact users. This proactive monitoring can reduce support tickets and improve meeting space reliability. Reports for rooms require a Teams Shared Devices license. Reports for desks are available in public preview and do not yet require a license. What you can do to prepare:: To ensure accurate peripheral status reporting: Use multiple peripherals in each room or desk setup. The system compares expected device pairings (e.g., if Peripheral A and B are usually connected together, but A is missing, it will be flagged). Simplify connectivity for users by using a single cable solution to connect all peripherals. Ensure rooms and desks are bookable and have associated peripherals—this enables the Teams desktop client to send the necessary telemetry. Peripheral association can be done manually or automatically. Compliance considerations: Does the change alter how existing customer data is processed, stored, or accessed? Maybe (device telemetry is used for reporting) MC1090688 — Teams Town hall screen management privileges in Teams Rooms on Windows Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 490050 We're introducing enhanced presenter capabilities for Teams Rooms on Windows in Microsoft Teams Town Halls. When a Teams Room is assigned as a co-organizer or presenter, it can now start or end the event, manage what attendees see, and promote attendees to presenters. This update helps ensure a smoother, more organized event experience—especially in large-scale or hybrid meetings. This feature is available with Teams Rooms Pro. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 and expect to complete by early August 2025. How this will affect your organization: Organizers of Teams Town Halls can now assign a Teams Room on Windows as a co-organizer or presenter, enabling it to manage key aspects of the event. This includes controlling the attendee view, starting or ending the session, and promoting attendees to presenters. These capabilities can help streamline event management and reduce the need for manual intervention by remote producers. This feature is available only with Teams Rooms Pro and is on by default once deployed. What you need to do to prepare: Review your current event workflows and determine if Teams Rooms should be included as co-organizers or presenters in Town Halls. Update internal training materials and documentation to reflect the new capabilities. Ensure Teams Rooms Pro licensing is in place for rooms you plan to use with this feature. Learn more: Overview of meetings, webinars, and town halls MC1088732 — Microsoft Teams: Important updates for Android-based Teams devices – Authentication changes coming soon If your organization does not manage one or more certified Microsoft Teams Android devices, you can safely ignore this message. Your organization manages one or more certified Microsoft Teams Android devices, such as Teams Phone devices, Teams Panels, Teams Displays, and Teams Rooms on Android (MTRA). To enhance security capabilities such as Continuous Access Evaluation and IP-based conditional access enforcement, Microsoft is transitioning these devices to modern, secure authentication using Entra ID (AAD) based tokens. These changes will impact how devices authenticate to Teams services. This update provides key dates, required versions, and important cautions—especially for tenants using Teams Displays. How this will affect your organization: Once your devices are updated to the app versions listed below, end users will see no change in their Teams experience, while admins will have enhanced security capabilities such as Continuous Access Evaluation and IP-based conditional access enforcement. These updates are required to maintain connectivity and support secure authentication. Minimum required app versions for modern authentication: Teams Phones: 1449/1.0.94.2025020301 Teams Rooms on Android (MTRA): 1449/1.0.96.2025020302 Teams Panels: 1449/1.0.97.2025020502 Teams Displays: To be released When this will happen: July 31, 2025: Devices on supported app versions will automatically switch to modern authentication. Devices on unsupported app versions will continue to work with legacy authentication. NOTE:Teams Displays will be excluded from this milestone. September 30, 2025: All MTR-A devices on minimum app versions will be leveraging modern authentication. Admins should ensure updating their apps to suggested versions by this date. December 31, 2025: All authenticated traffic must use modern authentication. Ensure all Teams Android devices are updated to the versions listed above as soon as they are available and before December 31, 2025, to avoid service disruption. What you need to do to prepare: Ensure all Teams Android devices are updated to the versions in this message as soon as they are available and before December 31, 2025, to avoid service disruption. MC1088177 — Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro: New AI assistant for admins in the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 489821 Coming soon for Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro: As an admin, you will be able to save time and effort by using the new AI-powered assistant in the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal that can answer data retrieval questions specific to your organization's inventory. This new chatbot can also answer "how to" product questions related to Teams meetings spaces and management solutions. Important note: This LLM chatbot provides information and cannot perform actions. The chatbot is not part of Microsoft 365 Copilot and a Microsoft 365 Copilot license is not required. A Teams Room Pro license is required to access this AI assistant. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, admins with full permissions to the Pro Management Portal can access this AI assistant from the sparkle icon in the top right corner of any Pro Management Portal the top of the screen: Watch this feature in action (21 seconds) This feature will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update your relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. MC1077865 — Updated: Microsoft Teams: Introducing the Network Strength Indicator Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 414513 Updated June 10, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. To improve meeting clarity and reduce confusion caused by connectivity issues, we’re adding a new Network Strength Indicator. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out late August 2025 and expect to complete by early September 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025. How this will affect your organization: This feature will display your current network quality using a simple 3-bar system: Good (3 bars), Poor (2 bars), and Bad (1 bar). When your connection is limited, we’ll suggest actions to help conserve bandwidth and maintain meeting performance. You’ll also be able to see when other participants are experiencing poor or bad network conditions, providing better context for disruptions in the meeting. What you need to do to prepare: You may consider updating your training and documentation as appropriate. MC1069562 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Block a user from your organization (GCC High, DoD) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 489455 Updated June 25, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. The delete API (removeallaccessforuser API) does not stop a malicious user from resending a Microsoft Teams message to the same victim. To help prevent this, we will roll out a block user feature in the Microsoft Teams admin center that will allow the admin to block the malicious user from sending a new message. We will use a feature similar to the allow/block list in federation identity credentials to block the malicious user from the entire organization. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, admins can set up a list of users who are blocked from collaborating with their organization. If a user is added to the block list, the users in the organization will not be able to have 1:1 and group chats with the blocked users. If chats already exist before a user is added to the block list, the blocked user will be removed from the chat. This feature will be off by default. If you wish to use this feature, go to the Microsoft Teams admin center > Users > External access to turn on this feature and add users to the block list. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. Learn more: The Block external users section of IT Admins - Manage external meetings and chat with people and organizations using Microsoft identities - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn MC1069555 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Send messages to attendees in the meeting lobby with Lobby chat Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 480716 Updated June 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: Meeting organizers will be able to send one-way messages to attendees in the meeting lobby using the Lobby chat. The Lobby chat is intended to optimize the lobby experience for all participants, ensuring that organizers are better equipped to run external meetings and external attendees are well informed about the meeting when it begins. This feature is on by default and admins can choose to disable it in the Teams admin center (TAC). This message applies to Teams on Desktop, Mac, Web iOS and Android will be released shortly When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. How this will affect your organization: Admin controls: After this rollout, the policy for Lobby chat will be on by default in the TAC. Admins can enable or disable Lobby chat with a meeting policy in the TAC. Under Meeting policies > Global (Org-wide default) > Meeting engagement, admins will find a new toggle option for Organizers can chat with lobby participant. When the option is enabled, participants who can't bypass the lobby due to meeting policy will be able to view messages sent by the organizer in a Lobby chat. To enable this policy, Meeting chat in the TAC must be set to On for everyone or On for everyone but anonymous users. Meeting organizer experience: When someone joins the lobby, the meeting organizer will see a new Lobby tab in their Chat experience. The meeting organizer will be able to send one-way messages to attendees in the lobby in the Lobby tab Lobby attendee experience: When the meeting organizer sends a message to the lobby, a new Lobby chat panel will open in the right panel of the pre-join screen and display the message. Lobby attendees cannot reply to these messages What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. For tenants where Meeting chat in the TAC is set to On for everyone or On for everyone but anonymous users, admins should assess the impact of the Lobby chat feature and update meeting policy settings as needed to suit their organization's requirements. MC1066937 — (Updated) New Queues app service plan (Teams Premium) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 490056 Updated June 27, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Teams: Your Office 365 subscription is being updated with a new service plan: Queues app for Microsoft Teams. Powered by Teams Phone, the Queues app enables team members to make and receive customer calls without having to leave Teams, with tailored experiences for users and leads that are designed for efficiency in call handling and resolution. How this will affect your organization Once we begin rolling out the new service plan (mid-June 2025), Queues app will be listed as a service plan under the Teams Premium license. This is to prepare for the GCCH and DOD release of the New Voice Applications Settings for Authorized Users for Microsoft Teams (early August 2025). The rollout plan outlining the availability of the New Voice Applications Settings for Authorized Users will be communicated via the Message Center and the roadmap. What you need to do to prepare You may consider updating your training and documentation as appropriate. Admins: Manage voice applications policies in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn MC1056268 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams Premium: Ultra-low latency (ULL) attendee experience for town halls Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486535 Updated June 26, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Before this rollout, Microsoft Teams town hall attendees typically watch the presentation with a 20-30 second delay. After this rollout, with ultra-low latency (ULL), attendees will be able to view and participate in a town hall at a much lower latency than before, ensuring they are in sync with content being shared by presenters and organizers. This feature is available for town hall organizers with a Teams Premium license. This feature will only be available for tenants who use the Microsoft eCDN (Enterprise Content Delivery Network) or who do not have an eCDN provider. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS and Android. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late August 2025 and expect to complete by early-September 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late August 2025 and expect to complete by early September 2025. How this will affect your organization: This change will be on by default for attendees in town halls scheduled by Teams Premium organizers. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. MC1045226 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Speaker recognition and attribution in Teams Rooms on Android Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 480715 Updated June 13, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. You can now use speaker recognition, transcript attribution, and AI capabilities in Teams Rooms on Android. Intelligent speaker functionalities are brought to existing speakers via the cloud. This feature identifies and attributes people in live transcripts, utilizing a unique voice profile for each participant enabling intelligent recaps and maximum value from Microsoft 365 Copilot and Teams Premium in meetings. Users can easily and securely enroll voices via Teams Settings. This feature requires a Teams Rooms Pro license. Users can enroll voices in the Teams Desktop. Learn more: Set up your digital voice profile When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: With speaker recognition, Teams Rooms on Android can identify speakers during live transcription in shared meeting rooms, ensuring clear and precise voice capture for every participant. This allows you to track who said what during the meeting through intelligent meeting recap and Copilot. What you need to do to prepare: While this functionality is still off by default, if you have already turned it on, be aware that it will enable this feature even for hardware that did not previously support it. To use this new capability, you need to first setup the right policies through PowerShell. For additional information about how to set the right policies, see Manage voice recognition technology controls for an Intelligent Speaker.Participants can set up a voice profile in minutes using the Teams Desktop application. Each person gets a unique voice signature, stored securely in your organization's tenant in the Microsoft Cloud to ensure that every contribution is accurately captured in every meeting, helping you to have a more productive meeting experience. For information about how to enable face and voice enrollment for your organization, see Overview of voice and face enrollment. MC1045219 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Room Recommender Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482191 Updated June 25, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. With this rollout, if no room is booked for the meeting, an AI-generated room suggestion will be sent in the meeting chat an hour before the meeting start time when two or more attendees are co-located in the same building, making in-person collaboration easier. The room suggestion will consider location of participants, room availability, and capacity to find the best space. You can reserve the suggested room with just one click and update the invite for everyone. The organizer must have a Teams premium license for this experience to occur, which is on Teams mobile on iOS. #MicrosoftPlaces When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. How this will affect your organization: This will be a default on feature. For a room suggestion to be generated, a meeting must have: Between two to seven attendees with at least two attendees that are co-located Teams meeting link Organizer has Teams premium No room is already booked for the meeting No external attendees Not an all-day event Room suggestions will be generated in buildings where at least two attendees, who haven’t declined the meeting, share the same work location. For instance, if a meeting has four attendees, with two in Building X and two in Building Y, suggestions for both buildings will be sent. Distribution lists are not considered. If a meeting is moved, canceled, or the suggested room becomes unavailable, the card will update dynamically upon clicking ‘Reserve’. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may also want to notify your team about this change and update any relevant documentation. We recommend making sure that your rooms are properly added to Places directory with a building associated. MC1043271 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams in VDI: User uploaded custom background images for the new VDI solution Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 410366 Updated June 13, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. With this new feature, users on the new VDI solution for Teams (SlimCore based) can now replace their background entirely with any image they want by uploading it through the "Video effects and Settings" option. This is currently supported for Azure Virtual Desktops, Windows 365 and Citrix, when connecting from a Windows endpoint. When this will happen: Targeted release: We will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect to complete by mid-April 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-April 2025 and expect to complete by late April 2025. General Availability (GCCH, DOD): We will begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: Users need to upload the background via Teams button 'Add New' (although the file can reside on the user's device, and Teams would then rely on Client Drive Mapping / Drive Redirection in that case). The file is subsequently uploaded to the user's OneDrive folder, fetched by SlimCore on the endpoint, and stored in the user's profile on the endpoint (e.g. for Azure Virtual Desktops or Windows 365: AppData\Local\Microsoft\TeamsVDI\avd-tfw-\downloads) What you need to do to prepare: Make sure you are using the new VDI solution based on SlimCore, see here for more details. MC1019312 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants can request collaborative annotation sessions Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 89975 Updated June 13, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants will be able to request an annotation session while someone else is sharing their screen. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. (Users can view and annotate in Teams on the web but cannot initiate annotations.) When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early August 2025 and expect to complete by mid-August 2025. General Availability (WW, GCC, GCC High, and DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-August2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. How this will affect your organization: After the rollout, meeting participants who are not sharing their screens will have the ability to request an annotation session. This request will be sent to the presenter sharing their screen who can choose to accept or deny it. If the request is accepted, the annotation session will start for everyone in the meeting. Anonymous users in the meeting will not be able to send a request. This change will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. Learn more: Use annotation while sharing your screen in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support (we will update this before rollout) Watch: How to use Collaborative Annotations in a Microsoft Teams meeting (2022) MC1015900 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Client health dashboards in Teams admin center Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 478610 Updated June 4, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. IT Administrators can now monitor the health of Microsoft Teams desktop clients for Windows and Mac through the new ‘Teams client health’ page in the Teams admin center. This page provides actionable insights into client health metrics, such as crashes, launch failures, and update failures. It also enables better monitoring of Teams client version adoption and updates. Administrators have detailed data on top issues, insights, and tools to quickly address client health problems. Administrators can monitor version adoption, version health, and get granular details about devices and users with the latest client versions. Administrators can see the recency of client versions and proactively address issues that prevent automatic updates to the most secure Teams client version. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late April 2025 (previously late March) and expect to complete by early May 2025 (previously late April). General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late April 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: When these capabilities and tools are released in Teams admin center, administrators will be able to access the ‘Teams client health’ page via the left navigation and be able to proactively monitor Teams client health and Issues impacting end users in their tenant as well as find actionable guidance on how to troubleshoot and resolve these user-impacting issues. Administrators will also be able to proactively monitor which devices and users might be using outdated versions of the Teams client to be able to move them to the latest and most secure version Additionally, this information can also be sorted, filtered, and exported to a .csv for further analysis and troubleshooting. This will be only accessible to limited admin roles: Teams Administrator, Teams Communication Administrator, and Teams Communications Support Engineer. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. Ensure you and the required users have access to the above-mentioned roles or request to enable this new feature for more roles. For more information, refer to our documentation: The Teams client health dashboard in the Teams admin center. Update monitoring in the Teams admin center. MC1013461 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Customize the location of notifications in Teams for the web Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 480720 Updated June 13, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Teams will soon allow users to personalize the placement of notifications on their screens. Users will be able to choose from four options (bottom right, top right, bottom left, or top left) to make notifications more convenient and less disruptive, enhancing both focus and productivity. This message applies to Teams for the web. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect to complete by mid-April 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-April 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout, Teams notifications were limited to the bottom right corner. After this rollout, users can customize notification placement in Teams settings in Settings > Notifications and activity > Display. Select the option for notification location that best suits your needs and preferences: Bottom right, Top right, Bottom left, or Top left This feature will be available by default for users to configure. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Customize the location of notifications in Teams (the location of the notifications will be the same as explained in this blog for Teams for Windows desktop) MC1000269 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New keyboard shortcut for adding emojis Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 369345 Updated June 27, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon: We are excited to announce a new feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons. For example, 😄 will turn into the smiling face emoji. Users can soon add any emoji, including custom ones, for faster and easier personal expression. This feature applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Windows for Mac desktop. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 and expect to complete by early August 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025. How this will affect your organization: This feature will be available by default. Watch the video: Use colons to insert emojis (0:04 minutes) What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Send an emoji, GIF, or sticker in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support (will be updated before rollout) MC994287 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Webinars will be generally available (DoD) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 475279 Updated June 13, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Webinars in Microsoft Teams will soon be generally available. After this rollout, users will be able to schedule webinars with internal audiences and use capabilities such as creating an event page, sending attendee registration automated emails, and more. This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Teams on Mac desktop, and Teams for the web. Teams for iOS/Android users can attend webinars but not schedule them. When this will happen: General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: This change will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. User documentation: Get started with Microsoft Teams webinars - Microsoft Support MC993226 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New location sharing settings for emergency calls and other features Updated June 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft is updating its policies regarding the sharing of user location data to enhance privacy, improve data security, and ensure compliance with evolving regulatory standards. To enhance transparency and user control, Teams is introducing a new location consent experience that gives users the choice of when and how Teams can use their location data (specifically SSID & BSSID). Please refer to the public documentation that will be published shortly. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop (version 24H2 or greater) and Teams for Mac desktop. VDI clients will not be supported at this time. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-April 2025 (previously late March) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously late March). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late April 2025 (previously mid-April) and expect to complete by late July 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: All new and existing Teams for Work users within your organization will be prompted to specify if they want to keep location detection on for emergency calls only, or if they consent to allowing location access used for IT Admin Insights or troubleshooting ex via tooling such as Call Quality Dashboard or Network and Locations matching via BSSID for emergency calling location. Important Note - The new Teams location consent flow does not apply to fully managed devices where users are restricted from user granted location access. You can expect current policies to continue working as expected, and users will not be prompted with any of the new location consent dialogs. The new Teams location consent changes will impact the following Teams features: Emergency Calling Location Based Routing Network and Locations matching via BSSID Call Quality Dashboard For all new Teams for Work users, they will first be prompted with an operating system level consent dialog, requesting location permission granting. Existing Teams for Work users who had previously accepted or denied operating system level consent for location will not see this dialog a second time. If location access isallowed, dynamic emergency calling policies will work as configured, and users enabled for Location Based Routing will be able to make and receive PSTN calls. If location access isdisallowed, several Teams Call Quality Dashboard metrics will be impacted, and Network and Location matching via BSSID from dynamic emergency calling policies will not work. Users can still manually add their physical address for emergency calls via the Teams Calls app if an admin has enabled ExternalLookupMode for their users. Immediately after consenting to allow location access at the operating system level (or for those who had previously consented to location access), both new and existing Teams for Work users will be presented with a new Teams app level location permission dialog. Users must choose between "Allow all," which grants Teams full location access used for emergency calls and for IT Admin insights and troubleshooting, or "Keep emergency only," which restricts location usage to emergency calling purposes. It is important to note only end users who are configured for a dynamic emergency calling policy will see this version of the dialog. Users without ExternalLookUpMode enabled will see a slightly different version of this in-app consent dialog that excludes emergency calling. Users can modify their operating system or app level location detection preferences at any time via Teams settings under Privacy > Location. On fully managed devices, these settings will be ON by default and can only be disabled via the OS level location setting. What you need to do to prepare: Please educate your users on these selections and what works best for your tenant. If you regularly use the Call Quality Dashboard or leverage Network and Location matching via BSSID, you may want to recommend that users allow location access for those options, otherwise a user’s location data will no longer flow through to these services. For emergency calling, you can communicate these changes by setting the emergency service disclaimer with a custom message that will display in the Calls App in Teams. Ensuring that end users have location turned on is crucial for proper functioning of emergency calls and their safety. Learn more about sending a custom message: Manage emergency calling policies in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn Learn more about the changes to location services and privacy policies: Windows location service and privacy - Microsoft Support Enable location sharing - Microsoft Support(will be updated before rollout) WiFi Access Location changes – Microsoft Learn This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. Please notify your users and admins about this change and update any relevant documentation. MC966633 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting recap can be shared as a link Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 471430 Updated June 13, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants will be able to share a link to the Meeting recap from the meeting thumbnail in chat and the Recap tab, making it easier to reference and share Meeting recap insights with others. Meeting participants can share the meeting recap link with anyone in their organization. Users who don't have access to the recording or transcript must request access before they can access the Meeting recap. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: This change will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Meeting recap in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support (will be updated before rollout) MC956699 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Forward messages with app cards Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469506 Updated June 13, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are introducing the ability to forward app cards. With the addition of app card forwarding, users now have a new way to share app cards across chats. To forward a message containing an app card, simply navigate to the More Actions menu of any message containing an app card and select forward. From here, the forward message dialog will populate, which provides users with a preview of the message being forwarded, including the app card. Please note: Forwarding of bot cards is excluded from this release. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 (previously early February) and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously mid-February). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late February 2025 (previously late January) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: Users will now have less restrictions when forwarding content. Previously, users were unable to forward messages that contained app cards. With this improvement, this restriction does not exist. What you need to do to prepare: Users must have the latest Microsoft Teams build to receive these updates. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC952888 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Pop out Chat, Copilot, and Notes panes in meetings Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 421607 Updated June 23, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Updated February 24, 2025: The Worldwide release has been temporarily rolled back. We will update this Message center post with new timelines once available. The Targeted release remains enabled. Coming soon: Users will be able to pop out the side panes for Notes, Chat, and Microsoft Copilot panes in Microsoft Teams meetings Note: The Copilot pane is only available in Worldwide environments with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Meeting pane pop-out for Notes, Chat, and Copilot panes will start rolling out in late June 2025 and complete by early July 2025. How this will affect your organization: After the rollout, users will see a pop-out icon at the top of their Notes, Chat, and Copilot side panes in Teams meetings. This change will be on by default. When users select the icon, the pane will pop out into a separate window that the user can resize and drag to their desired position, based on their screen setup and their productivity goals for the meeting. Users can view multiple meeting features at the same time, so they don’t miss the chat while they are monitoring meeting notes. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Please notify your users about this change and update any relevant training documentation. MC948994 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Collaborative Notes support for GCC High and DoD environments Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 418119 Updated June 4, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Teams Collaborative Notes (powered by Loop), and Loop components in chat and channels, is now available for Microsoft 365 GCC High and DoD environments across desktop and web experiences. Users can create components in meetings to collaborate on their meeting agenda, notes, and action items, create components in compose, share with others and edit inline in Chats and Channels to collaborate synchronously on ideas without leaving the context of Teams. No matter where people are editing, the component will always show the latest updates. You can also share Loop components between chats, channels, and meetings as well as the rest of M365 where Loop is supported. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out in early June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out in early August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. How this will affect your organization: Users within your tenant will see a Notes button during meetings that invokes these new capabilities. The meeting notes will be shown on the right pane of the meeting window with the ability to open them in the browser for more room or on a second monitor. Participants can collaborate in real time, create an agenda, take notes, and add tasks. When participants are assigned a task in the meeting, they will also receive an email notification, and it will be synced with the Planner and To Do apps. Meeting organizers and participants will also see an option to add Collaborative Notes before meetings to prepare by adding agendas or other materials in one place. The meeting organizer can also choose to hide the meeting notes prior to the meeting through the Teams scheduling form. If Collaborative Notes are not created ahead of the meeting in the scheduling form, users can create the file by opening the Notes pane in the meeting. After the meeting, Collaborative Notes will remain accessible for all participants on the Teams calendar meeting details page and through the meeting recap. The experience is a Loop component, so they can be copied easily out of the meeting and into chats, group chats, emails, and other documents. This makes prepping and follow-up even more seamless. Clicking on the meeting note title or the icon in the upper left corner of the note launches the Loop app in browser. If the meeting is part of a series, meeting notes from previous instances can be conveniently found in the Loop app as well. This feature is available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. Public documentation is available here: Take meeting notes in Microsoft Teams. Note: The Loop Components will generate a Company Shareable Link (CSL), unless you have set People Specific Link (PSL) as the default. If PSL is the default, only specific users who were sent the original component invite will be able to access the component. Users who were forwarded the meeting or nudged into a meeting will need to request access to the components. Known issues: Users external to an organization will not be able to view or edit the Loop component. Loop meeting notes will generate a Company Shareable Link (CSL) regardless of your organization’s default sharing link type if you use the Teams New Calendar. You can manage this in Teams Calendar and Loop components in chats and channels by following the instructions here. You can manage this in Teams New Calendar by following the instructions here. Known limitations: Collaborative Notes are currently supported for scheduled meetings and channel meetings and are not available for instant meetings or Teams calls. MC939927 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams Premium: Decorate your background Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 419811 Updated June 11, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We will not release this feature to DoD at this moment. We are sorry for any inconvenience. We will share DoD timeline when available. Microsoft Teams Premium users will be able to use the "Decorate your background" generative background effect in the GCC, GCC High, and DoD environments, leveraging gen-AI to augment real-life surroundings. It creates a personalized atmosphere for video calls. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out in early mid-September 2025 and expect to complete rollout by late September 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out in late September 2025 and expect to complete rollout by early October 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. How this will affect your organization: “Decorate your background” transforms meeting backgrounds by blending with a user’s real-life surrounding, creating a personalized atmosphere for video calls. It is available to Teams Premium users, and it is supported on Microsoft Windows and MacOS client now. There is not admin policy to disable it. Users can access this feature in the following ways: Before a meeting starts on the pre-join screen, select Effects and Avatars> Video effects > Decorate button. This will allow you to start generating new backgrounds. During a meeting, select an animated background by clicking video flyout > More Video Effects and Setting > Decorate. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC898391 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Edge web browser for guests Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401117 Updated June 13, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Anonymous users (guests) who join Microsoft Teams meetings in the Microsoft Edge for Business web browser will soon experience performance improvements. They will be able to join meetings faster. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early November 2024 and expect to complete by mid-November 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by late-November 2024. General Availability (GCC, GCC High, and DoD): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout, anonymous users (guests) may experience longer wait times when attempting to join a Teams meeting. After this rollout, anonymous users (guests) will be able to join meetings faster, even on low-end devices. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. MC894581 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Chrome web browser for guests Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401116 Updated June 13, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Anonymous users (guests) who join Microsoft Teams meetings in the Chrome web browser will soon experience performance improvements. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early November and expect to complete by mid-November 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by late-November 2024. General Availability (GCC, GCC High and DoD): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout, anonymous users (guests) may experience longer wait times when attempting to join a Teams meeting. After this rollout, anonymous users (guests) will be able to join meetings faster, even on low-end devices. What you need to do to prepare: You may want to update your internal documentation to inform your users about this improvement. However, because the improvement is for external users and does not change the look of Teams, you can skip this step. MC718553 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Change background while recording on phone Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 380852 Updated June 13, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Users can now record themselves anywhere and share it with coworkers in the Microsoft Teams chat or channel without worrying about the background. Users can now change their background to any image they want or make the background blurry while recording using their Microsoft Teams camera on iOS devices. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High and DoD): We will begin rolling out early May 2024 (previously late March) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May.) How this will affect your organization: Users will get an option to change their background to any image they want or make the background blurry while recording using their Microsoft Teams camera on an iOS device. To use this feature: Press and hold the camera icon next to the Compose box and then tap the blur icon to the right of the shutter button. You can then choose either an image to replace the background or choose to mildly or heavily blur your background. What you need to do to prepare: No action is needed to prepare for this change. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. Purview MC1105009 — Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery - Review set query report Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 171751 and 384871 We’re introducing a new capability in the Microsoft Purview portal’s eDiscovery (Premium) experience that allows you to generate and download hit-by-term query reports directly from a review set. This enhancement helps you quickly assess keyword performance and query effectiveness using KQL. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCCH, DoD): Rollout will begin in early July 2025 and is expected to complete by the end of July 2025. How this affects your organization: This update does not change your current eDiscovery workflows. However, when using the new eDiscovery experience in Microsoft Purview, you’ll now see a Query report option within each review set. This feature enables you to: Paste in a KQL-based compound query to generate a hit-by-term report. View keyword performance metrics such as hit count, hit percentage, and data volume. Download the report as a .csv file. Quickly review items with hits in a single view. Note: This feature is only available in the new eDiscovery (Premium) experience and is not supported in the classic experience. What you can do to prepare:: Review your current eDiscovery workflows and determine if this reporting capability can enhance your review process. Update internal documentation or training materials as needed. Compliance considerations: Alters admin monitoring/reporting for compliance: Yes - The new report provides enhanced visibility into keyword/query performance, supporting compliance monitoring. MC1105008 — Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Modern eDiscovery additional enhancements Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 494160 We’re introducing several enhancements to the modernized eDiscovery interface in Microsoft Purview to streamline workflows, improve usability, and provide greater administrative control. These updates include: Ability to delete searches Ability to delete exports created from searches Auto-population of the custodian field in review sets and exports Advanced indexing improvements, including indexing all Exchange items with attachments in scope A new tenant-level premium feature toggle to control eDiscovery case license toggle value during case creation. A new analytics process report for deeper insights into review set analytics (e.g., deduplication) Expanded search condition builder with support for logical operators (AND, OR, NEAR) in the keywords field Export packages to include user input export name for easier association with the export process Bulk import of data sources These updates are designed to enhance the eDiscovery experience by offering more flexible, powerful tools and reducing administrative overhead. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide/GCC/GCCH/DoD): Rollout will begin in late June 2025 and is expected to complete by the end of August 2025. How this will affect your organization: The tenant-level premium toggle sets the default value for newly created cases, giving admins centralized control over premium settings without affecting existing cases. The ability to delete searches and direct exports introduces a change in lifecycle management, which may impact audit trails or collaboration workflows. Logical operators in the search condition builder will enhance query precision but may require updates to search strategies. Advanced indexing improvements will improve content discoverability, especially in complex or high-volume cases. What you can do to prepare:: Review and update internal documentation, training materials, and workflows to reflect these changes. Ensure your teams are aware of the new search and direct export deletion capability and its implications for audit and collaboration. Update search guidance to incorporate logical operators for more effective query construction. Evaluate how the new analytics report and indexing enhancements can support your review and prioritization processes. Compliance considerations: Alters how existing customer data is processed, stored, or accessed: Yes - Advanced indexing improvement may affect how data is processed and accessed within eDiscovery. Modifies or disables Purview capabilities (eDiscovery, audit logging, etc.): Yes - The ability to delete searches and direct exports directly impact eDiscovery workflows and may affect audit logging. Alters how admins monitor/report on compliance activities: Yes - The new tenant level license toggle affects how admin control the use of eDiscovery premium features in their eDiscovery workflow. Modifies how users access/export/delete/correct personal data (GDPR DSR): Maybe - The ability to delete searches and direct exports could affect how personal data is retained or accessed, depending on organizational policies and configurations. MC1102779 — Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: New RBAC role for downloading Endpoint evidence (GCC, GCC High, DoD) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 495831 Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention (DLP): We're introducing a new role-based access control (RBAC) role called Data Classification Content Download. When evidence collection is turned on from Endpoint DLP settings, this role lets admins download endpoint-related evidence files from activity explorer and DLP alerts in the Purview portal and Microsoft Defender XDR portal. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-August 2025. How this will affect your organization: By default, the new role be included in the following built-in role groups: Data Security Management Information Protection Information Protection Investigators Users in these groups will be able to download Endpoint DLP evidence. To view evidence (without downloading), the existing Data Classification Content Viewer role remains sufficient. After this rollout, DLP investigators assigned to any role group (custom or default) without the role Data Classification Content Download role will be unable to download the endpoint DLP evidence and will encounter the error message, “You need the role Data Classification Content Download to download the evidence": After rollout, users in custom or other default role groups will not be able to download Endpoint DLP evidence unless the new role is explicitly assigned. This change does not affect the ability to preview evidence. For more information on the roles and role groups in Microsoft Purview refer to Roles and role groups in Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and Microsoft Purview - Microsoft Defender for Office 365 | Microsoft Learn If users encounter the error You need the role Data Classification Content Download to download the evidence, take the following steps: Existing user in built-in role group: Add the new role using to the built-in role group using in the section called Add users or groups to a Microsoft Purview built-in role groupin Permissions in the Microsoft Purview portal | Microsoft Learn Existing user in custom role group:Add the new role to the built-in role group using the section called Update a custom Microsoft Purview role group in Permissions in the Microsoft Purview portal | Microsoft Learn New user: Add the user to a role group that includes the new role or create one using the section called Create a Microsoft Purview role groupin Permissions in the Microsoft Purview portal | Microsoft Learn What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your admins and/or users about this change and update internal documentation. MC1102776 — Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: New alerts for email exfiltration to personal accounts Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 495001 Coming soon for Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: Two new indicators will help detect potential data exfiltration via email. These indicators enhance visibility into risky user behavior and support stronger data protection policies. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, two new email indicators will be available in Insider Risk Management: Sending email with attachments to free public domains: Detects when users send business-sensitive data to domains like Gmail, Yahoo, etc. Sending email with attachments to self: Detects when users email sensitive data to their own personal accounts. These indicators are off by default and must be enabled by admins in the Insider Risk Management settings. Once enabled, they can be used in existing or new policies, including the data leaks or data theft templates. This feature supports proactive detection of insider risks and helps organizations strengthen their data loss prevention strategies. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your admins and/or users about this change and update internal documentation. Enable the new indicators in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Learn more: Configure policy indicators in insider risk management | Microsoft Learn 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 to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. MC1077858 — (Updated) Teams Meeting Audit Events in GCC Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 491010 Updated June 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We're expanding auditing capabilities in Microsoft Teams for GCC customers. Teams Audit Events for Meetings—including MeetingDetail and MeetingParticipantDetail—will soon be available in Microsoft Purview. This enhancement provides administrators with deeper visibility into meeting activity, supporting ompliance, investigations, and operational oversight. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC): Rollout will begin in late June 2025 (previously early June) and is expected to complete by late July 2025 (previously late June). How this will affect your organization: With this update, Teams meeting activities in GCC tenants will be audit logged in the Microsoft Purview portal. MeetingDetaillogs include meeting start/end times, subject, and organizer information. MeetingParticipantDetaillogs include participant join/leave times, roles, and status changes. These logs enhance your ability to monitor meeting usage and investigate user activity. What you need to do to prepare: No action is required if Audit logging is already enabled in your tenant. Admins can access and analyze these logs in the Microsoft Purview portal using search, filter, and export capabilities. MC1059679 — (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: Policy tuning analysis for priority content only policies Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 378409 Updated June 26, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. In Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management (IRM), policy tuning analysis provides admins with a real-time prediction of the number of users in a tenant that could potentially match a given set of policy conditions. After this rollout, policy tuning analysis will support insider risk policies that are scoped for priority content. MC786326 (about the preview for this feature that started in May 2024). When this will happen: General Availability (WW, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by late July 2025 (previously mid-July). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, admins can use real-time analytics for policies scoped for priority content to help predict the number of users that could potentially match a given set of policy conditions. This feature enables admins to quickly adjust the selection of indicators and thresholds of activity occurrence so they can efficiently translate their insider risk strategies into pragmatic controls and keep from having too few or too many alerts. In IRM, Navigate to Settings > Insider Risk Management > Analytics,turn on Analytics, and then select Save. Create/edit a policy scoped to all users in the organization. When you get to Content to prioritizein the policy wizard, select the priority content types you want to prioritize. Select the items for each priority content type as applicable. On the scoring page, select Get alerts only for activity that includes priority content. Configure the rest of the policy as applicable and save it. 1-2 days after the policy is saved, edit the policy again and navigate to the indicator thresholds page where insights on user activity containing the scoped priority content for each indicator will be visible under Choose your own thresholds. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. This change will be available by default for admins to configure. To use this feature, admins will need to enable Analytics in Insider risk management > Settings. After Analytics is enabled and insights are populated, admins will be able to see real-time predictions in policies scoped to all users/groups and scored only for 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 to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. You can access the Insider Risk Management solution in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Learn more: Configure policy indicators in insider risk management | Microsoft Learn MC1036579 — (Update) Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: A new Diagnostics experience in the new portal Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469504 Updated June 25, 2025: Following further evaluation, we will be rolling back this feature. We appreciate your continued patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Purview : Admins will be able to view and manage Diagnostics in the new Purview portal. The new diagnostics will help users check the configuration. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 (previously early May) and expect to complete by late August 2025 (previously mid-June). How this will affect your organization: Admins can find the new experience at: Purview portal> Information Protection > Diagnostics Purview portal> Data Loss Prevention > Diagnostics The PowerShell cmdlets will continue to be available after this rollout. This new experience will be on by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. MC1024388 — (Updated) Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Modern eDiscovery enhancements Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482558 Updated June 4, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are excited to announce several enhancements to the recently launched modernized eDiscovery experience. These updates include: Case Level Data Source View: Users can now access the case level data source view, which allows them to add data sources to the current case. These sources can be utilized in any searches or holds within the case. Enhanced Search and Hold Capabilities: Users will have the ability to duplicate a search, create a search from an existing hold, or create a hold from an existing search within the current case. Retry Failed Locations: The search statistics view now includes the option to retry failed locations, providing a more comprehensive search estimate. Detailed Process Reports: We are adding information related to compliance boundaries, case/export/search names, and decryption settings into the relevant process report CSVs. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: eDiscovery users will start to see the relevant enhancements in the product, so internal documentation updates may be needed. What you need to do to prepare: Evaluate how this feature will impact your organization’s eDiscovery process and, if needed, modify your internal documents accordingly. For more information, see Learn about eDiscovery solutions | Microsoft Learn. MC973511 — (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management: Separate retention policies for Copilot and AI apps Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470025 Updated June 16, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. This new feature provides the capability for admins to configure separate retention policies for various Microsoft 365 Copilot and AI apps. As a result, admins will have the option to configure policies that can delete Copilot and Generative AI interactions faster. When this will happen: Public preview: We will begin rolling out late May 2025 (previously late April) and expect to complete by early June 2025 (previously early May). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2025 (previously late June) and expect to complete by late September 2025 (previously early July). How this will affect your organization: Organizations will now have controls to configure different retention policies for Microsoft Teams Chat, Copilot, Copilot studio, and ChatGPT Enterprise. This feature is available by default. What you need to do to prepare: For more information, see Create and configure a retention policy. This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC961761 — (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: IRM alerts in Microsoft Defender XDR Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 422730 Updated July 1, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management (IRM) data including alerts, indicators and events will be available in these Microsoft Defender XDR experiences: Unified alert queue: IRM alerts will appear in the unified alert and incident queue in Defender XDR for comprehensive investigation and correlation. Advanced Hunting: IRM data will be available for advanced hunting in Defender XDR, allowing analysts to identify hidden risk patterns using KQL queries. Analytics can also create custom detections on the top of IRM data. Graph API: IRM data will be accessible through the Microsoft Graph API, supporting bidirectional integrations with external applications. Microsoft Sentinel: IRM alerts will be available in Microsoft Sentinel through the XDR-Sentinel connector, providing richer metadata. When this will happen: Public Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by end of January 2025. General Availability (WW, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late August 2025 (previously late June) and expect to complete by mid-September 2025 (previously mid-July). How this will affect your organization: Enable this feature by turning on Share data with other security solutions in the IRM global settings. Only users with Insider risk analysis or investigation roles in the Microsoft Purview portal can access IRM data in Defender XDR. To access alerts, incidents, and events from Defender XDR via API, you need to provision apps with the necessary permissions. IRM data is accessible via Microsoft Security Graph APIs, allowing for reading and updating alert or incident statuses. Permissions are set at the application level, without solution-specific scoping. Any existing apps pulling data from these APIs will also access IRM data. So, if you integrate XDR alerts into external ticketing systems, IRM alerts will show up, unless you specifically filter out the alerts. IRM alerts will appear in Sentinel if your tenant has the Defender XDR connector enabled in Microsoft Sentinel. In Defender XDR, IRM data is not pseudonymized to allow effective correlation of IRM alerts with alerts from other solutions within the platform, such as Defender for Endpoint and Defender for Cloud apps. These changes will be available by default for admins to configure in IRM global settings. Admins will be able to view Insider Risk Management alerts in Defender XDR. Harness the power of Advanced Hunting queries with two new tables that contain Insider Risk Management data: DataSecurityBehaviors and DataSecurityEvents. What you need to do to prepare: Opt-in to data sharing settings in IRM global settings page. Assign necessary permissions to analysts Review existing apps accessing Defender XDR data through Graph APIs. If your organization is using Microsoft Defender XDR connector, please review the list of users who will gain access to this data through Sentinel. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration in IRM global settings to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your admins about this change and update any relevant documentation. Defender for Office 365 MC1105005 — Defender for Office 365 Overview dashboard We’re introducing a new Overview dashboard designed to help customers better understand how our product protects their organizational environment and digital assets. When this will happen: Global rollout will begin in early July 2025 and is expected to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: This new dashboard provides a centralized view of how effectively our product is securing your environment. It highlights: Key protection metrics and insights Opportunities to enhance security posture Comparative insights that demonstrate our product’s strengths relative to non-Microsoft security solutions Figure one: Efficacy, Threat detections, and Optimization Figure two: Risky allows Figure three: Compare solutions Figure four: Insights This feature will be available by default and does not require any configuration. What you can do to prepare: No action is required, but we recommend that admins: Review the dashboard once available to familiarize themselves with the insights Update internal training or documentation as needed This message is for awareness only. MC1088729 — Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Two new data tables in Advanced hunting (preview) Coming soon for Microsoft Defender for Office 365: We are excited to announce the new CampaignInfo and FileMaliciousContentInfo data tables in Advanced hunting under Email & collaboration schema. When this will happen: Public Preview: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: The new tables will be available by default. SOC teams will be able to see two new data tables in Defender > Advanced hunting > Email & collaboration schema. CampaignInfo The CampaignInfo table in the Advanced hunting schema contains information about email campaigns identified by Defender for Office 365. The table will have this schema to help the security teams to investigate threats targeting their users and organization: FileMaliciousContentInfo The FileMaliciousContentInfo table in the Advanced hunting schema contains information about files that were identified as malicious by Defender for Office 365 in Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft OneDrive, and Microsoft Teams. The table will have this schema to help the security teams to investigate threats targeting their users and organization: Here are a few sample queries to get you started: //Emails sent as part of phishing campaigns CampaignInfo | where Timestamp > ago(7d) | where CampaignType has "Phish" | project NetworkMessageId, RecipientEmailAddress, CampaignName, CampaignId, CampaignType | join (EmailEvents | where Timestamp > ago(7d)) on NetworkMessageId, RecipientEmailAddress | project Timestamp, NetworkMessageId, Subject, SenderMailFromAddress, RecipientEmailAddress, LatestDeliveryLocation, LatestDeliveryAction, CampaignId, CampaignName, CampaignType //Files identified as Malware modified in last 1 day FileMaliciousContentInfo | where ThreatTypes == "Malware" | where LastModifiedTime > ago(1d) What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update your relevant documentation. After the Public Preview rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. MC1080684 — Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Introducing the new Take action wizard for Threat Explorer (GCC, GCC High, DoD) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488094 Updated June 4, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Defender for Office 365: We will introduce a new Take action wizard to help security operations team members perform multiple response actions at once from Threat Explorer. Many security analyst teams use Explorer, Summary panel and Email entity to execute bulk email remediation actions. This new experience will enable more effective, smooth, and efficient remediation of threats. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out starting early June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: After the rollout of the new Take action wizard, you can perform multiple actions such as purging emails, inline submissions, triggering investigations, and Tenant Allow/Block List actions on up to 100 messages. Also, you will be able to initiate tenant-level actions to block URLs or file directly from Threat Explorer. You can also use the new wizard to perform bulk email remediation for more than 100 messages, but only one action can be executed at a time, such as triggering an email purge. Also, actions like tenant level block and submissions are not permitted for selections over 100. NOTE: Some actions will not be available in the wizard based on the current location of the message. If there is a conflict, the new experience provides more options, including the ability to turn choices on/off as desired to take proper action. Enhancements to the Email entity page and the Email summary panel: Step 1: Sign into the Microsoft 365 Defender portal. Step 2: Go to Threat Explorer > Email & Collaborations and select the emails that require action. Step 3: Select the Take action wizard. (Before this rollout, the next step was to choose from the Message actions menu. We removed this menu.) Step 4: This will open a new panel. Some actions will be grayed out depending on the latest delivery location of the message. Step 5: Tenant Allow/Block List actions are under Submissions, so when you select I’ve confirmed as threat, you will see a new Tenant Allow/Block List panel where you can choose multiple entities to block. Step 6: Choose the target entities. Step 7: Review the actions you have chosen and then submit. Step 8: You can access email purge remediation actions in the action center. What you need to do to prepare: A Search and Purge role is required to initiate email purge actions from the Email entity page. To initiate Tenant Allow/Block List actions from Explorer and summary panel and Email entity, please assign the necessary Exchange Online permission role as explained in Allow or block files using the Tenant Allow/Block List - Microsoft Defender for Office 365 | Microsoft Learn Learn more about the Search and Purge role: Microsoft Defender for Office 365 permissions in the Microsoft Defender portal - Microsoft Defender for Office 365 | Microsoft Learn This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your admins or users about this change and update any relevant documentation. MC1048617 — (Updated) Introducing new Advanced Hunting Tables to hunt on Teams messages and URLs Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 487411 Updated June 5, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are happy to introduce three new Advaned Hunting tables designed to facilitate hunting of Teams messages containing URLs within your organization. The MessageEvents table enabled hunting across Teams messages containing URLs within your tenant. This includes both, known malicious messages blocked immediately after delivery and messages with no malicious content. Each message is uniquely identified by the TeamsMessageId, which can be utilized to establish joins across tables. As there is only a single copy of each message, even in instances of delivery to multiple recipients, only one instance of the message will be accessible for viewing in Advanced Hunting. The MessagePostDeliveryEvents table provides the capability to analyze Teams messages containing URLs within your tenant, that have been identified as malicious after message delivery. If you have Zero-hour Auto Purge (ZAP) enabled for Teams, messages blocked post-delivery will be observable within this table. Each message is uniquely identified by the TeamsMessageId. The MessageURLInfo table support the ability to hunt across URLs embedded within Teams messages in your organization. The tables can be found under the Email & Collaboration in Advanced Hunting. When this will happen: Public Preview (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late April 2025 and expect to complete by mid-May 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out in early July 2025 (previously late May) and expect to complete by mid-August 2025 (previously mid-June). How this will affect your organization: You will now have the ability to hunt on Teams messages from Advanced Hunting. What you need to do to prepare: No additional action will be needed to prepare for this rollout. The new hunting tables will be available in your tenant and can be viewed with the right security permissions. More information on these new tables can be found here: MessageEvents: MessageEvents table in the advanced hunting schema - Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn MessagePostDeliveryEvents: MessagePostDeliveryEvents table in the advanced hunting schema - Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn MessageURLInfo: MessageUrlInfo table in the advanced hunting schema - Microsoft Defender XDR | Microsoft Learn MC918563 — Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (Defender for Office 365): Monitor action in Safe attachments policy will retire Updated June 4, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We will retire the Monitor action in the Safe attachments policy in Microsoft Exchange Online Protection (Microsoft Defender for Office 365) starting early July 2025 (previously late March) and ending by late August 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: A Safe attachments policy provides an additional layer of protection against malicious content (attachments) in emails by analyzing attachment content and behavior in a sandbox environment. This policy provides four actions: Off, Monitor, Block, and Dynamic delivery. We made the Monitor action available for customers who wanted a Safe attachments policy to process attachments, deliver the emails (without blocking malicious attachments), and track what happened with attachments identified as malicious. Customers used reports to see detections from the Monitor action in the policy. As part of this retirement, if your organization has Safe attachments policies set to the Monitor action, we will automatically change the action in from Monitor to Block. We will not change the policy's recipients, status, or priority. After retirement, the Monitor option will not be available in the Safe Attachments policy page in the Defender security portal or the corresponding Microsoft PowerShell cmdlet. Before retirement, you can find the Monitor action in Defender > Email & collaboration > Policies & rules > Threat policies > Safe attachments > choose a policy or create a new policy > Edit settings (or Settings if creating a new policy). We will also retire Redirect messages with detected attachments, because this option only supports the Monitor action). After the retirement, the only actions in the Safe attachments policy will be Off, Block, and Dynamic delivery. What you need to do to prepare: Before the retirement, review your Safe attachments policies and take appropriate action if your organization has Safe attachments policies set to the Monitor action. We recommend changing the action from Monitor to Block. Alternatively, if you still need to run Safe attachment policy in audit mode, we recommend using Evaluation mode. Learn more about Evaluation mode. You can also review detections by Evaluation mode policies using the Threat Protection Status report. Learn more: The Safe Attachment policy settings section of Safe Attachments - Microsoft Defender for Office 365 | Microsoft Learn Outlook MC1104315 — New Microsoft Outlook for Windows: Drag and drop files between accounts as attachments Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 493289 We're introducing a new drag-and-drop capability in the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows. This feature will users to drag emails and files from one personal or enterprise account and drop them into another personal or enterprise account as attachments—streamlining cross-account workflows and improving productivity. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-August 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-October 2025. How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout, users are not able to drag emails and files from one account to another. After this rollout, users from organizations with the ItemsToOtherAccountsEnabled parameter set to TRUE in the OWAMailboxPolicy will be able to: Drag and drop emails and files from one mailbox into a draft in another mailbox as attachments. Attach content from Shared Mailboxes or Shared Folders into another mailbox. To enhance security, users will see a confirmation prompt before completing the drag-and-drop action: This confirmation does not appear when attaching files from a Shared Mailbox. This feature respects your existing OWAMailboxPolicy settings and does not change any defaults. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates. Review your current OWAMailboxPolicy settings, particularly the ItemsToOtherAccountsEnabled parameter, to determine if you would like to enable or disable this feature after roll out occurs. No change to your existing ItemsToOtherAccountsEnabled configuration will occur with this rollout. You may want to notify your admins and/or users about this change and update internal documentation. Learn more about the ItemsToOtherAccountsEnabled parameter in Set-OwaMailboxPolicy (ExchangePowerShell) | Microsoft Learn #newoutlookforwindows MC1104309 — New Microsoft Outlook for Windows: Export from mailbox to PST Coming soon for new Microsoft Outlook for Windows: Users will be able to export an entire mailbox (emails, calendars, and contacts) or a specific mailbox folder to a .pst file. This feature is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485737(Worldwide audience) and Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485738 (GCC audience). Users will be able to schedule an export of an entire mailbox (emails, calendars, and contacts) or a specific mailbox folder to a .pst file. This feature is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485743(Worldwide audience) and Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485744 (GCC audience). When this will happen: Ability to export an entire mailbox (Roadmap ID 485737 for Worldwide and Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485738 for GCC): Targeted Release: Available now. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-August 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late August 2025 and expect to complete by early September 2025. Ability to schedule an export of an entire mailbox (Roadmap ID 485743 for Worldwide and Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485744 for GCC): Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early August 2025 and expect to complete by early September 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late September 2025 and expect to complete by early October 2025. How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout, Outlook Data File (.pst) support is enabled by default in new Outlook for Windows, and this default state will persist after the rollout. If you want to block or limit Outlook Data File support for your organization, set the OutlookDataFile mailbox policy. Learn more: Set-OwaMailboxPolicy (ExchangePowerShell) | Microsoft Learn NOTE: The group policy used to control Outlook Data File (.pst) in classic Microsoft Outlook for Windows desktop is not the correct mechanism for controlling Outlook Data Files in new Outlook for Windows. You must set the OutlookDataFile mailbox policy to control this file type in new Outlook for Windows. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date. Review the OutlookDataFile mailbox policy to ensure it is set to align with your organization’s desired behavior. You may also want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Open and find items in an Outlook Data File (.pst) - Microsoft Support (will be updated before rollout) #newoutlookforwindows #pstfilesupport MC1098932 — Microsoft Outlook for Mac desktop: Retiring the admin preference to switch to legacy Outlook Beginning mid-August 2025, the New Outlook for Mac will become the default experience for users in the Current Channel (version 16.100 and later). As part of this change, the admin preference key EnableNewOutlook—which previously allowed control over the default toggle state—will be retired. Users will no longer be able to switch back to Legacy Outlook starting with version 16.102 in mid-October 2025. This update reflects our commitment to delivering a modern, performant, and reliable Outlook experience. When this will happen: Legacy Outlook toggle admin perference i.e. EnableNewOutlook retired: Mid-August 2025 (version 16.100 and later) Users can no longer switch to legacy Outlook: Mid-October (version 16.102 and later) How this affects your organization: The New Outlook for Mac will be the default experience for all users in the Current Channel. The EnableNewOutlook admin configuration key will no longer be honored in configuration profiles. The New Outlook is built on Microsoft’s modern sync technology and offers: Improved performance and reliability Enhanced support for modern collaboration features A consistent cross-platform experience It also supports key enterprise capabilities including: On-premises support Online Archive Shared Mailboxes and Calendars Delegation Some features not yet available in New Outlook include: AppleScript Import/Export Public Folders For the latest feature availability, please refer to the Microsoft 365 Roadmap. What you can do to prepare:: Notify users that New Outlook will become the default. Update training materials and internal documentation to reflect the new experience. For questions or support, users can go to Help > Contact Support in Outlook for Mac. For tenant-level questions or to tailor communications, please use your Message Center submission workflow or contact your Microsoft account team. More information: End of support for legacy Outlook for Mac MC1085132 — (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for Android: Users can apply categories to emails Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 493945 Updated June 26, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook for Android: Users will be able to assign categories to emails and remove categories they have previously assigned to their emails. They will also be able to view categories in the message list and reading pane. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by late July 2025 (previously mid-July). With this feature, users will be able to add or remove categories on emails using conversation actions in the reading pane, using multiselect through long press in the message list, and as a new swipe action. Users will also be able to filter the message list by category. Finally, users will be able to see assigned categories on their emails in both the message list and the reading pane. This new feature will be available by default for users to apply. What you need to do to prepare: This change will happen automatically by the specified date. No admin action is required. Please notify your users about this change and update your documentation to prepare your help desk. MC1041465 — (Updated) New Microsoft Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web: Optimized hover actions in the message list Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 429868 Updated July 1, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. In new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web, the hover actions in the message list will be moved to the Sender/From column to be more space-efficient and minimize unnecessary mouse travel for users with their Reading Pane set to Hide or Bottom. The large width occupied by the DateTime Received column will thus be reduced. For all users, a one-time shortcut to change/set your hover actions will be provided. After the changes to the hover actions, the first action will be replaced by a quick button (gear button) to change/set your hover actions. After that button has been triggered once, it will disappear, and your hover action settings will kick in fully. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 (previously late June) and expect to complete by mid-August 2025 (previously late July). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-September 2025 (previously late July) and expect to complete by late September 2025 (previously early August). How this will affect your organization: For new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web, hover actions in the message list will be moved to the Sender/From column to reduce the large width occupied by the DateTime Received column. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. #newoutlookforwindows MC1041456 — (Updated) New Microsoft Outlook and Outlook for the web: New setting to enable two-click view for encrypted emails Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 483883 Updated June 11, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. New Outlook for Windows desktop, Outlook for the web, Outlook iOS and Outlook Android will soon support a two-click view for encrypted emails, which requires user confirmation before allowing access to encrypted emails. As an admin, you can enable the two-click feature for your users. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect to complete by late April 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): For Android and iOS, we will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. How this will affect your organization: With this two-click feature enabled, users will be required to select View message for every encrypted email, and then the email will render. This feature ensures that users deliberately access encrypted email content, reducing the risk of accidental exposure, especially in unsecured environments like public spaces or during screen sharing. Admins can find the TwoClickMailPreviewEnabled setting in the Microsoft Azure directory. This setting is a Boolean type with default = 0, which means the experience is disabled by default. To enable the feature for all users in your tenant, set value = 1. Alternatively, you can access and set the value for this setting using the Microsoft PowerShell cmdlet Set-OrganizationConfiguration in the Microsoft Exchange Online PowerShell. Learn more: Exchange Online PowerShell | Microsoft Learn By default, the two-click setting is off. What you need to do to prepare: No action is required from admins unless you want to enable this feature. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation if you plan to enable this feature. #newoutlookforwindows MC1022526 — (Updated) Microsoft Outlook on the web: Optional connected experiences privacy setting Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 467248 Updated June 4, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. The user privacy setting for optional connected experiences, already available in other Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft 365 apps, will soon be available in Microsoft Outlook on the web. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early March 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out in early April 2025 and expect to be complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: After the rollout, to configure the privacy setting for optional connected experiences, users can go to Settings > General > Privacy and data > Privacy settings On the Privacy settings screen, select the toggle for Turn on optional connected experiences. This privacy setting applies across all devices where users are signed in with the same work or school account. As an admin, if you have already made optional connected experiences available to your users in the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center, this setting will be turned on for Outlook on the web when users receive this rollout. Learn more: Use policy settings to manage privacy controls for Office for the web applications - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn Overview of Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365 - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn NOTE: If a user has already turned off this setting in another Outlook or Microsoft 365 app, this setting in Outlook on the web will also be turned off when the user receives this rollout. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more About privacy controls for optional connected experiences: Overview of privacy controls for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise(will be updated before rollout) About Office on the web policy settings, including the new settings for Outlook on the web: Use policy settings to manage privacy controls for Office for the web applications(will be updated before rollout) MC917748 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook: Name pronunciation on the profile card Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 420329 Updated June 24, 2025: The phased roll out to GA began last week at 10%. If enabled on admin center, the name pronunciation feature should show on Teams and Outlook web, Teams Desktop and New Outlook. Roll out to 100% Production is expected by the end of June. We will be starting roll out of the feature to Production on Tuesday 13th May 2025. The roll out should take a week and a half to complete to 100%. Admins who have toggled the feature ON should expect the feature to be available on the Profile card for users to record. " Updated April 29, 2025: We have now shipped the admin control, the name pronunciation feature is OFF by default so admins will need to toggle it ON. The instructions in this support document explain how to turn the feature on. Important! Starting from April 29, 2025, if you haven't turned the name pronunciation feature ON, any existing recordings on profile cards will be deleted. Your users will need to re-record their name pronunciation. The admin toggle for Name Pronunciation is rolling out to Production starting this week. Admins will be required to configure in the admin center to avoid loss of data. Instructions to configure are in this support article. Please expect the admin toggle in the admin center starting the week of April 14th through April 18th, 2025. We will be shipping to preview without the admin toggle however an admin toggle will be available before general availability. If there are concerns or your organisation wants to opt out, please raise an incident to address this. Coming soon to Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Teams: A name pronunciation feature on the profile card in Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook. This new feature helps promote diversity by giving working colleagues relevant information about each other. Names are a crucial part of a person’s identity. The incorrect pronunciation of a person’s name can lead to anxiety and offense in some cases. Correctly pronouncing a person’s name helps to create an inclusive environment. Pronunciation data is stored in each user's mailbox until the user deletes the recording. Learn more: Data Residency for Exchange Online - Microsoft 365 Enterprise | Microsoft Learn This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, new Outlook for Windows desktop, and new Outlook for web. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by late November 2024. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by early June 2025 (previously mid-May). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, users can record and share the correct pronunciation of their name on their profile card. With a click, users can play and listen to name pronunciations recorded by their colleagues. To open a profile card in Outlook, double-click a name in the To or From field in any sent or received email. To open your profile card in Teams, select your profile photo in the upper right corner of the screen, and then select your name. To listen to a colleague's recorded pronunciation, select the speaker icon on their profile card. To record the pronunciation of a name, open your profile card in Outlook or Teams, and select the microphone icon. What you need to do to prepare: This feature is off by default. As an admin, you can enable the feature in Microsoft Graph using these instructions: namePronunciationSettings resource type - Microsoft Graph beta | Microsoft Learn Before rollout, we will update this post with revised documentation. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. #newoutlookforwindows MC847877 — (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Choose fonts while composing Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 409969 Updated June 4, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: We will add support for choosing fonts while composing emails. We will also improve support for fonts while reading emails. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 (previously mid-October) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: When this update rolls out, users will be able to select fonts to use in emails, signatures, automatic replies, and calendar invitations. What you need to do to prepare: You might want to notify your users about this new capability and update your training and documentation as appropriate. MC714520 — (Updated) Apps for the web: Grid view for tasks in Microsoft To Do web version and To Do inside Microsoft Outlook Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 381749 Updated June 17, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. In Microsoft 365 apps for the web, users can see their tasks in a grid view and can update details inline in To Do on web and To Do app inside Microsoft Outlook. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, and DoD): We will begin rolling out late April 2024 (previously early April) and expect to complete by early July 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: When users open To Do on web within Microsoft Outlook, they will see their tasks in a tabular format or grid. They can continue to have the list view if preferred. What you need to do to prepare: There is no action needed to prepare for this change. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. Exchange Online MC1084635 — (Updated) Event Updates visible in email Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 491018 Updated June 11, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. If an organizer updates an event that you have been invited to, you will now see Event Updated in the email and the updated location if applicable. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out on late June 2025 (previously early June) and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out on late June 2025 (previously early June) and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out on late June 2025 (previously early June) and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out on late June 2025 (previously early June) and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: Users will now understand that their event is being updated when receiving event related emails, when applicable. If the user has already RSVP’d to an event, and the organizer makes an update to the title, subject, or location, the email update will show “Event Updated” and the updated location (if applicable). Previously, the email update would show the event time and not explain that the event has been updated. This feature will not affect events that the user has not responded to and will not affect event updates where the organizer changes the time. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC787382 — (Updated) Exchange Online to introduce External Recipient Rate Limit Updated June 25, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Important update regarding the cloud hosted Mailbox External Recipient Rate Limit: In order to reduce the impact on customers, Microsoft has again decided to delay the rollout of the cloud hosted Mailbox External Recipient Rate Limit (MERRL) by ~six months. The MERRL will go into enforcement in April 2026 for trial tenants and new tenants if the tenant is provisioned on/after April 1st, 2026. In April 2026, the Exchange Admin Center Report will be available for tenant admins to review Sender mailbox data on external recipient volume. In October 2026, the MERRL will go into enforcement for all cloud hosted mailboxes in the WWMT environment including existing tenants. Please refer to the ACS email documentation (Prepare an email communication resource for Azure Communication Services - An Azure Communication Services concept article | Microsoft Learn) or reach out to your Microsoft account team for further support in this journey. Please note: We have made the decision to not proceed with this change for DoD, GCC, or GCC High organizations at this time. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. The External Recipient Rate Limit will only apply to WWMT/Production. Please refer to the ACS email documentation (Prepare an email communication resource for Azure Communication Services - An Azure Communication Services concept article | Microsoft Learn) or reach out to your Microsoft account team for further support in this journey. ________________________________________ Today, we are announcing that, beginning in April 2026 (previously October 2025), Exchange Online will begin enforcing an external recipient rate limit of 2000 recipients in 24 hours. Exchange Online does not support bulk or high-volume transactional email. We have not enforced limiting of bulk email until now, but we plan on doing so with the introduction of an External Recipient Rate (ERR) limit. The ERR limit is being introduced to help reduce unfair usage and abuse of Exchange Online resources. When this will happen: The new ERR limit will be introduced in 2 phases: Phase 1 - Starting April 1, 2026, (previously October 2025) the limit will apply to cloud-hosted mailboxes of trial tenants and all tenants created after this date. Phase 2 – Starting October 1, 2026, (previously April 2026) we will start applying the limit to cloud-hosted mailboxes of existing tenants. How this will affect your organization: Exchange Online enforces a Recipient Rate limit of 10000 recipients for cloud-hosted mailboxes. The 2000 ERR limit will become a sublimit within this 10000 Recipient Rate limit. There is no change to the Recipient Rate limit, and both of these will be rolling limits for 24-hour windows. You can send to up to 2,000 external recipients in a 24-hour period, and if you max out the external recipient rate limit then you will still be able to send to up to 8,000 internal recipients in that same period. If you don't send to any external recipients in a 24-hour period, you can send to up to 10,000 internal recipients. For example: You use a cloud-hosted mailbox to send to 1,000 external recipients and 2,000 internal recipients at 6:00AM on Day 1, for a total of 3,000 recipients. You then send to another 1,000 external recipients at 8:00AM on Day 1. Because you sent to 2,000 external recipients, you will be blocked from sending to external recipients until 6:00AM on Day 2. During this period, you are able to send to up to 6,000 internal recipients, but for this example, let's assume that you don't. At 6:00AM on Day 2, the 1,000 external recipients and 2,000 internal recipients sent at 6:00AM on Day 1 will no longer count toward the 24-hour limit calculation. Thus, from 6:00-8:00AM on Day 2, you can send to up to 9,000 total recipients (e.g., 9,000 internal or 8,000 internal plus 1,000 external). If you don't send to any internal or external recipients during this period, then at 8:00AM on Day 2 you can again send to 10,000 recipients total with up to 2,000 of them being external recipients. What you need to do to prepare: If you have a cloud-hosted mailbox that needs to exceed the ERR limit, you can move to Azure Communication Services for Email, which is designed specifically for high volume email sent to recipients external to your tenant. Microsoft 365 MC1103604 — Microsoft 365 admin center: new scenarios enabling in Microsoft 365 Monitoring Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 496176 We’re enhancing Microsoft Entra monitoring in the Microsoft 365 admin center’s Service Health Dashboard with additional organization-level telemetry. These updates will help tenant admins better assess service health and confirm issue impact more effectively. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out on early July 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025. How this will affect your organization: Tenant admins will gain access to expanded telemetry for Microsoft Entra monitoring scenarios. This enhancement provides deeper visibility into service health issues, enabling faster impact validation and improved incident response. This feature is available by default and does not require any configuration. What you can do to prepare:: We recommend that tenant admins familiarize themselves with the existing monitoring scenarios in the Microsoft 365 admin center by navigating to the Service Health Dashboard > Monitoring tab. Compliance considerations: Compliance monitoring/reporting: Yes - Provides enhanced visibility for compliance-related monitoring through improved telemetry. MC1098965 — Optional Connected Experiences (OCE) Settings in US Government Clouds We’re reaching out to inform you of a change impacting Optional connected experiences (OCE) for some of our services and recommended actions to remediate impact if you are affected. OCE are cloud-based services accessible through Microsoft 365 client applications. For more information on OCE, please see the “Overview of Optional Connected Experiences” section at the end of this communication. These services operate outside the FedRAMP accreditation boundary, which means they may involve the transmission, processing, or storage of customer data outside of the proper accreditation boundary. Until recently, administrators had to rely on a number of different admin policies and system configuration controls to restrict or allow access to OCEs. However, we recently began moving to the Cloud Policy Service, which allows admins to take advantage of Cloud Policy Service capabilities to provide more flexible, comprehensive, and centralized OCE management. While we were in the process of testing the Cloud Policy service prior to its release, a change was made on June 12 which unintentionally affected Production customers. This Cloud Policy update disables OCE by default. This may have disrupted users’ experience if your organization previously had OCE enabled. Specifically, users who had access to OCE features would have seen their access removed as the policy updates rolled out. We had previously communicated in MC1091439 that this change would occur on June 20, 2025, to give admins time to prepare for the change in OCE policy defaults. What actions do I need to take? If your tenant was impacted by this change and you wish to re-enable access to OCE features, please use Cloud Policy service to configure the OCE policy for your organization. As the preferred and primary method for managing access to OCE features, Cloud Policy ensures your configurations are consistently applied. Since it takes precedence over legacy OCE administrator controls, prioritizing Cloud Policy helps guarantee that your intended settings are enforced to meet organizational requirements. Below are the basic steps for creating a policy configuration. Sign in to the Microsoft 365 Apps admin centerusing the appropriate URL below. If you're using the admin center for the first time, review the terms. Then, select Accept. Links to the admin center differ by environment and are as follows: o GCCH: https://config.office365.us o DOD: https://config.apps.mil Under Customization, select Policy Management. On the Policy configurationspage, select Create. On the Start with the basicspage, enter a name (required) and a description (optional), then select Next. On the Choose the scopepage, determine whether the policy configuration applies to all users, specific groups, or to users who anonymously access documents using Office for the web. If the policy configuration applies to specific groups, you can now add multiple groups to a single policy configuration for more flexible targeting. To add groups, select Add Groups and choose the relevant groups. Adding multiple groups to a single policy configuration allows for the same group to be included in multiple policy configurations, facilitating a more streamlined and efficient policy management process. After making your selection, choose Next. On the Configure Settingspage, select the “Allow the use of additional optional connected experiences in Office” policy. In the Configuration Setting dropdown, select either enabled or disabled. After making your selections, selectNext to review your selections. Then select Create to create the policy configuration. Please note that the change to the OCE Policy will be picked up by clients over the next few days based on user action and client caching behavior. Overview of Optional Connected Experiences Optional connected experiences are cloud-backed services available to users when using Microsoft Office. Examples include creating a map chart in Excel or inserting an online picture into a Word document, both relying on services provided by Microsoft Bing. These services are not covered by your organization’s commercial agreement with Microsoft. Instead, they are offered directly to users and governed by the Microsoft Services Agreement. In some cases, third-party content or functionality may be provided through these experiences, and additional terms may apply. Some optional connected experiences might not be available in Office for the web applications but are available in other versions of Office, such as the desktop version on a device running Windows. Additionally, not all OCE features available to commercial Microsoft 365 tenants are available in U.S. Government Cloud environments. For more information, see Overview of optional connected experiences in Office. Cloud Policy Service & Optional Connected Experience information Overview of Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365: Overview of Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365 - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn Overview of optional connected experiences in Office: Overview of optional connected experiences in Office - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn Overview of Optional connected experiences in Teams: Teams Optional Connected Experiences - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn MC1094117 — Optional Connected Experiences (OCE) Settings in US Government Clouds We’re reaching out to inform you of a recent change and actions required to configure optional connected experiences (OCE) in U.S. Government cloud environments. OCE are cloud-based services accessible through Microsoft 365 client applications. These services operate outside the FedRAMP accreditation boundary, which means they may involve the transmission, processing, or storage of customer data outside of the proper accreditation boundary. The Cloud Policy service received an update on June 12, 2025. As of this update, all OCE features are now disabled by default unless the OCE policy is specifically configured within the Cloud Policy service. This change overrides any previous configurations made using legacy OCE administrator controls. Organizations who chose to allow use of Optional Connected Experiences can enable this policy using the Cloud Policy service. What actions do I need to take? Use Cloud Policy service to configure the OCE policy across your organization. As the preferred and primary method for managing access to OCE features, Cloud Policy ensures your configurations are consistently applied. Since it takes precedence over legacy OCE administrator controls, prioritizing Cloud Policy helps guarantee that your intended settings are enforced to meet organizational requirements. Below are the basic steps for creating a policy configuration. Sign in to the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center. If you're using the admin center for the first time, review the terms. Then, select Accept. Under Customization, select Policy Management. On the Policy configurations page, select Create. On the Start with the basics page, enter a name (required) and a description (optional), then select Next. On the Choose the scope page, determine whether the policy configuration applies to all users, specific groups, or to users who anonymously access documents using Office for the web. If the policy configuration applies to specific groups, you can now add multiple groups to a single policy configuration for more flexible targeting. To add groups, select Add Groups and choose the relevant groups. Adding multiple groups to a single policy configuration allows for the same group to be included in multiple policy configurations, facilitating a more streamlined and efficient policy management process. After making your selection, choose Next. On the Configure Settings page, select the “Allow the use of additional optional connected experiences in Office” policy. In the Configuration Setting dropdown, select either enabled or disabled. After making your selections, select Next to review your selections. Then select Create to create the policy configuration. Overview of Optional Connected Experiences Optional connected experiences are cloud-backed services available to users when using Microsoft Office. Examples include creating a map chart in Excel or inserting an online picture into a Word document, both relying on services provided by Microsoft Bing. These services are not covered by your organization’s commercial agreement with Microsoft. Instead, they are offered directly to users and governed by the Microsoft Services Agreement. In some cases, third-party content or functionality may be provided through these experiences, and additional terms may apply. Some optional connected experiences might not be available in Office for the web applications but are available in other versions of Office, such as the desktop version on a device running Windows. Additionally, not all OCE features available to commercial Microsoft 365 tenants are available in U.S. Government Cloud environments. For more information, see Overview of optional connected experiences in Office. Cloud Policy Service & Optional Connected Experience information Overview of Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365: Overview of Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365 - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn Overview of optional connected experiences in Office: Overview of optional connected experiences in Office - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn MC1091449 — Microsoft Excel: Python in Excel add-on license will be generally available (GCC) The Python in Excel add-on license gives users premium Python compute for faster calculation times for more powerful data analysis. With this release, admins can purchase the Python in Excel add-on license for users in their organization. This feature is available for Microsoft Excel for Windows desktop, Excel for Mac desktop, and Excel for the web. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete in early July 2025. How this will affect your organization: Python in Excel allows you to bring the capabilities of Python directly into the Excel grid by giving users the ability to add Python formulas to their workbooks without any installation required. These Python formulas are run by Excel in a secure container on the Microsoft Cloud with enterprise-level security as a compliant Microsoft 365 connected experience. Note: Some premium Python compute will be included with a user’s Microsoft 365 subscription each month, giving them access to faster calculation speeds. After they have used all their included premium compute, they can continue to use the Python in Excel feature with standard Python compute. If you would like users in your organization to get access to more premium compute, you can purchase and assign them a Python in Excel add-on license in the Microsoft admin center. Learn more: Buy and manage add-ons in the Microsoft 365 admin center | Microsoft Learn What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current Excel usage and determine which users may benefit from additional premium compute. You may want to notify your admins and/or users about this change and update internal documentation. To learn more about Python in Excel, please review the Python in Excel documentation For more information on additional admin controls for the Python in Excel feature, visit Data Security and Python in Excel As an admin, you maintain visibility and control over the Python in Excel add-on licenses in your tenant. You can view purchased licenses in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Learn more: Buy and manage add-ons in the Microsoft 365 admin center | Microsoft Learn MC1091439 — Optional Connected Experiences (OCE) Settings in US Government Clouds We’re reaching out to inform you of an upcoming change and actions required to configure optional connected experiences (OCE) in U.S. Government cloud environments. OCE are cloud-based services accessible through Microsoft 365 client applications. These services operate outside the FedRAMP accreditation boundary, which means they may involve the transmission, processing, or storage of customer data outside of the proper accreditation boundary. The legacy OCE administrator controls. To ensure uninterrupted access and consistent configuration, organizations should begin managing OCE features using Cloud Policy as soon as it becomes available. What actions do I need to take? Once Cloud Policy becomes available, use it to configure OCE settings across your organization. As the preferred and primary method for managing access to OCE features, Cloud Policy ensures your configurations are consistently applied. Since it takes precedence over legacy OCE administrator controls, prioritizing Cloud Policy helps guarantee that your intended settings are enforced to meet organizational requirements. Below are the basic steps for creating a policy configuration. Sign in to the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center. If you're using the admin center for the first time, review the terms. Then, select Accept. span>US Government Community (GCC) High customers can access the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center at config.office365.us Department of Defense (DoD) customers can access the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center at config.apps.mil Under Customization, select Policy Management. On the Policy configurations page, select Create. On the Start with the basics page, enter a name (required) and a description (optional), then select Next. On the Choose the scope page, determine whether the policy configuration applies to all users, specific groups, or to users who anonymously access documents using Office for the web. If the policy configuration applies to specific groups, you can now add multiple groups to a single policy configuration for more flexible targeting. To add groups, select Add Groups and choose the relevant groups. Adding multiple groups to a single policy configuration allows for the same group to be included in multiple policy configurations, facilitating a more streamlined and efficient policy management process. After making your selection, choose Next. On the Configure Settings page, select the “Allow the use of additional optional connected experiences in Office” policy. In the Configuration Setting dropdown, select either enabled or disabled. After making your selections, select Next to review your selections. Then select Create to create the policy configuration. Overview of Optional Connected Experiences Optional connected experiences are cloud-backed services available to users when using Microsoft Office. Examples include creating a map chart in Excel or inserting an online picture into a Word document, both relying on services provided by Microsoft Bing. These services are not covered by your organization’s commercial agreement with Microsoft. Instead, they are offered directly to users and governed by the Microsoft Services Agreement. In some cases, third-party content or functionality may be provided through these experiences, and additional terms may apply. Some optional connected experiences might not be available in Office for the web applications but are available in other versions of Office, such as the desktop version on a device running Windows. Additionally, not all OCE features available to commercial Microsoft 365 tenants are available in U.S. Government Cloud environments. For more information, see Overview of optional connected experiences in Office. Cloud Policy Service & Optional Connected Experience information Overview of Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365: Overview of Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365 - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn Overview of optional connected experiences in Office: Overview of optional connected experiences in Office - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn MC1081598 — (Updated) Microsoft 365 web app: Name update to “Microsoft 365 Copilot” and updated UI Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 494998 Updated July 1, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Beginning late July 2025 (previously late June), the Microsoft 365 app will update to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, including a refreshed navigation pane and simplified UI. These updates apply to the web endpoint only, accessible from: https://www.ohome.apps.mil Please refer to MC1051092 for previously communicated updates for the Microsoft 365 app that these updates will build on. When this will happen: General Availability (DoD, web only): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 (previously late June) and expect to complete by early August 2025 (previously early July). How this will affect your organization: All users will see the new app name, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and a refreshed UI. The individual user experience in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app will vary based on if a user has a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. The Microsoft 365 Copilot license will be available for DoD in late June 2025. Refreshed Navigation Pane – The left navigation pane will include essential modules like Search, Create, and Apps. Users can pin and unpin apps to customize their workspace. Search – With this update, Search replaces the Home module. Search will have a refreshed UI, displaying key files in dedicated sections for easier access and a search bar to help them quickly find what they need. Includes the updates listed above along with additional specific modules for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license: Chat – Chat has been streamlined for a simplified experience with an updated collapsable left navigation page for quick access to chat history and Copilot pages. The input box will be located in the center of the UI with prompt suggestions below it. Users will have access to Work chat to reason over their files and web search (grounding) in Work chat will be off by default. A dedicated Web chat will become available later and will be communicated separately. Notebooks – Copilot can ground on the contents of a user’s notebook, to give them more relevant, contextualized responses based on prompts. Users can gather information from chats, meetings, pages, and files, as well as organize and store important documents, notes, and tasks. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Admins can manage the Microsoft 365 Copilot app for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license with the following controls. MC1060472 — (Updated) The new Microsoft Planner for the web (GCC High) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 49058 Updated June 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. The new Microsoft Planner for the web brings together the simplicity of Microsoft To Do, the collaboration of Planner, and the power of Project for the web into a simple, scalable solution that spans individual task management to professional project management. With this rollout, we will update the existing web version of Planner to the new Planner. A Microsoft 365 license is required to use the new Planner. A Project Plan 3 license, Project Plan 5 license, or a premium Planner trial license is required to create premium plans. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by mid-August 2025 (previously mid-June). How this will affect your organization: As part of our efforts to simplify Planner, these existing features are not available in the new Planner due to low usage: Charts for pinned plans in Planner Hub While you were awaynotifications Activity log of a task’s creation, assignments, and completion date in the task comments Links to group members, Microsoft Outlook conversations, and Microsoft OneNote notebook (you can still access these links in Outlook) Menu option to Leave plan Suggested attachments Charts view and Schedule view on the Assigned to me page Lastly, after the new Planner for the web is rolled out, users can still access Project for the web. For this rollout, we will merge notification settings in the new Planner and Project for the web. Users will see identical notification options in the two apps, and the settings they choose will be reflected across both apps. Until a user reviews their notification settings, we will maintain what the user had set before the notifications are merged. What you need to do to prepare: The new Planner is on by default for users with the required licenses. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change. Please review our Planner blog announcementto update any internal documentation. We will update Planner help documentation in the coming weeks. Supporting adoption resources: The new Microsoft Planner. MC1056996 — (Updated) Microsoft Excel: Extending support for Insights Services (GCC High, DoD) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488142 Updated June 25, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Excel: Support for the Analyze Data feature, which will be found on the Data tab This message applies to Excel for Windows desktop, Excel for Mac desktop, and Excel for the web. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late August 2025 (previously late June) and expect to complete by late September 2025 (previously late August). How this will affect your organization: Analyze Data can generate charts and graphs that may provide insights and answer questions you may have about your data: This change will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Analyze Data in Excel - Microsoft Support MC1051087 — (Updated) Microsoft 365 web app: Updated experience (GCC High) Updated June 5, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon: An updated experience for the Microsoft 365 web app at https://www.office365.us When this will happen: General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: This rollout includes these key changes: Microsoft 365 apps that were pinned to the left navigation will be available in the Apps tab. Profile and Settings buttons will move from the top right to the bottom left corner. New content types and templates will be added to the Create tab. Search bar will move from the top header to the Home tab. Organization branding will be removed along with the top header. This change will be on by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. MC1047236 — (Updated) Cloud Policy Service available to GCC-H and DoD customers Updated June 11, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. The Cloud policy service will begin rolling out for Microsoft 365 GCC-H and DoD customers late June 2025. The Cloud Policy service allows Microsoft 365 administrators to configure policies for Microsoft 365 apps and assign these policies using Microsoft 365 or Entra ID groups. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 (previously early June) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously early June). General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 (previously early June) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously early June). How this will affect your organization: Once configured, these policies are automatically enforced as users sign in and use Microsoft 365 apps and services. The initial release will support policies for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise on Windows and future updates will bring support for additional applications and platforms. What you need to do to prepare: Review online documentation and implement as appropriate for your organization. For additional information about the Cloud Policy service, refer to Overview of the Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise. MC1041965 — (Updated) Microsoft Excel: Python in Excel will be generally available in Excel for the web (GCC) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485764 Updated June 27, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Python in Excel allows you to bring the capabilities of Python directly into the Microsoft Excel grid. With this rollout, Python in Excel with standard compute will be generally available in Excel for the web. MC980798 (Updated) Microsoft Excel: Python in Excel will be generally available in Excel for Windows (GCC) (published January 2025, updated February 2025). When this will happen: General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out to Excel for the web late June 2025 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by mid-July 2025 (previously mid-May). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, eligible users will be able to add Python formulas to their workbooks without any installation required. These Python formulas will be run by Excel in a secure container on the Microsoft Cloud with enterprise-level security and with standard compute. With this release, eligible Excel users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license will also be able to use the Copilot in Excel with Python feature, enabling them to leverage the capabilities of AI and Python in Excel for deeper data analysis. Note: Some premium Python compute will be included with each user’s Microsoft 365 subscription each month, giving them limited access to faster calculation speeds. After they have used all their premium compute, they can continue to use the Python in Excel feature with standard Python compute. To get more premium compute, admins will be able to purchase the Python in Excel add-on license for their users after it becomes available later this year for GCC. We will send a separate message with the timeline for the rollout of the Python in Excel add-on license. The Python in Excel feature will be enabled by default. What you need to do to prepare: To learn more about Python in Excel, please review the Python in Excel documentation. To learn more about data security: Data security and Python in Excel - Microsoft Support This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update relevant documentation. Documentation - Office 365 IP Address and URL web service June 30, 2025 - GCC April 30, 2025 - GCC High April 30, 2025 - DODUnderstanding Compliance Between Commercial, Government, DoD & Secret Offerings - July 2025 Update
Understanding compliance between Commercial, Government, DoD & Secret Offerings: There remains much confusion as to what service supports what standards best. If you have CMMC, DFARS, ITAR, FedRAMP, CJIS, IRS and other regulatory requirements and you are trying to understand what service is the best fit for your organization then you should read this article.History of Microsoft Cloud Offerings leading to the US Sovereign Cloud - July 2025 Update
Microsoft has evolved our cloud service offerings to include the US Sovereign Cloud with Azure Government, Microsoft 365 Government (GCC High) and DoD. This article puts the history in perspective of how we ended up with multiple clouds, as opposed to one instance with many data enclaves.June 2025 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter
Outlook Updated behavior for switching back from new Outlook to classic Outlook - GCC Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft 365 Copilot service plan diagnostic tool and service plans | Microsoft Learn - GCC Discover the Future of AI in Government Are you ready to explore the transformative power of artificial intelligence in the public sector? Join us as we delve into the key themes discussed in the recent seminar, "Microsoft AI for Government," led by Jason Payne, Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft Federal. What’s New in Microsoft 365 Copilot for Government | Microsoft Community Hub The AI-powered capabilities of Microsoft 365 Copilot are expanding across government environments. Whether you’re in GCC, GCC High, or DoD, here’s what you need to know about upcoming availability, what’s changing, and how to prepare. What’s New in Microsoft Teams | April 2025 Brand impersonation phishing protection first launched for commercial users in January, and now is available for the GCC, GCC-H, and DoD audiences. VDI users can join optimized meetings with people in other Microsoft 365 cloud environments (e.g., a user in GCC-H joining a meeting in commercial, GCC, or DOD) through three options: authenticated access via cross-cloud meeting connection, authenticated access using a guest account, or anonymous access. These scenarios require Slimcore-based optimization. Where to Start with Microsoft Teams Apps in Gov Clouds Customers in our Office 365 government clouds, GCC, GCCH, and DoD, are continuing to evolve how they do business in the hybrid workplace. As Microsoft Teams is the primary tool for communication and collaboration, customers are looking to improve productivity by integrating their business processes directly into Microsoft Teams via third-party party (3P) applications or line-of-business (LOB)/homegrown application integrations. Microsoft 365 Government Adoption Resources Empowering US public sector organizations to transition to Microsoft 365 Microsoft 365 Roadmap This link is filtered to show GCC, GCC High and DOD: Stay on top of Microsoft 365 changes Here are a few ways that you can stay on top of the Office 365 updates in your organization. Microsoft Tech Community for Public Sector Your community for discussion surrounding the public sector, local and state governments. Microsoft 365 for US Government Service Descriptions Microsoft 365 Copilot (GCC) Microsoft Copilot Studio (GCC) Office 365 Platform (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Office 365 U.S. Government GCC endpoints Office 365 U.S. Government GCC High endpoints Office 365 U.S. Government DoD endpoints Microsoft Purview (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Enterprise Mobility & Security (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Security (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Microsoft Defender for Identity (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Azure Information Protection Premium Exchange Online (GCC, GCCH, DoD) SharePoint (GCC, GCCH, DoD) OneDrive (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Teams (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Office 365 Government (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Power Apps (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Power Automate US Government (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Power BI (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Planner (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Outlook Mobile (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Dynamics 365 US Government Microsoft Copilot Studio (GCC) Windows 365 Government Get started with Microsoft 365 Copilot Public Sector Center of Expertise We bring together thought leadership and research relating to digital transformation and innovation in the public sector. We highlight the stories of public servants around the globe, while fostering a community of decision makers. Join us as we discover and share the learnings and achievements of public sector communities. Microsoft Teams for US Government Adoption Guide Please note: This section is for informational purposes only. It is presented as is and as available with no warranty and no supportability given expressly or implied. Questions, comments, concerns and all other feedback must be presented in the comment section below the post, thank you! SharePoint Online MC1087628 — Microsoft Lists: Mobile app for iOS will retire (GCC High, DoD) We will retire the iOS mobile app for Microsoft Lists. We recommend users switch to the Microsoft Lists mobile browser experience, which offers more functionality and continues to be updated with latest improvements. When this will happen: Late June 2025: An information banner will display in the app to inform users about the upcoming retirement of the app and recommend they switch to the mobile web experience. Mid-September 2025: New users will not be able to install the mobile app. Mid-November 2025: The app will no longer be visible for new users to download from the Apple App Store. Existing app users will get an error when opening the app. How this will affect your organization: Users will no longer be able to install the app or use the installed app after the retirement. Existing user data and information will not be affected by this retirement and will continue to be available through either through Microsoft Lists for Windows desktop or the mobile browser. To access Lists in a mobile browser, users can go to their SharePoint root site, which is typically https://[organization-name].sharepoint.com (for example, https://contoso.sharepoint.com) and then tap the Microsoft Suite navigation icon in the top left corner. If Lists is not in the list of apps, the user can select More apps from the bottom right corner and then tap Lists. Left: Lists in a mobile browser. Right: Accessing Lists on a mobile browser through SharePoint: What you need to do to prepare: This change will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required. Please notify your users about this change and recommend the suggested alternative. Learn more: Get started with the Microsoft Lists mobile app - Microsoft Support (will be updated before retirement) MC1072889 — SharePoint Alerts retirement Microsoft is retiring the SharePoint Alerts feature to streamline and modernize user notifications. With Power Automate, organizations can benefit from an enhanced, versatile solution that goes beyond traditional alerts, offering seamless integration across Microsoft 365 services and more. Key Points Major: Retirement Timeline: o Starting from July 2025, the creation of new SharePoint Alerts will be gradually turned off for newly onboarding tenants. o Starting from September 2025, the creation of new SharePoint Alerts will be gradually turned off for all tenants. o Starting from October 2025, the SharePoint Alert expiration feature will be gradually activated. Once activated, any SharePoint Alert will have a validity of 30 days starting from its first run, then it will expire. Users can self-service re-enable expired SharePoint Alerts and extend their expiration for another 30 days. Re-enabling and extending SharePoint Alerts can be done by using the “Manage my alerts” list/library menu item, opening the SharePoint Alert to update, extending its expiration date and clicking OK. For more details refer to this support article. o Starting July 2026, Microsoft will remove the ability to use SharePoint Alerts, existing SharePoint Alerts cannot be extended anymore and will not work anymore. Action: Review and assess impact How this will affect your organization If your organization still uses SharePoint Alerts, they will no longer function from July 2026 onwards. We recommend customers to port their SharePoint Alerts to the Power Automate platform or alternatively create a SharePoint Rule. What you need to do to prepare It’s recommended to update your user training content and prepare your help desk to support your organization with this retirement. SharePoint Alerts users will be notified of this feature retirement via banners in both the relevant SharePoint Online page and Alert emails and users can self-service extend the alerts they deem required. For admins: Optionally use the Microsoft 365 Assessment tool to scan your tenants for SharePoint Alerts. Review the documentation on using Power Automate with SharePoint Online. Review the documentation on using SharePoint Rules. Note: There will not be an option to extend SharePoint Alerts beyond July 2026. Learn more: Detailed support article with additional resources. MC1072408 — (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: Storage insights will be included in Microsoft 365 admin center usage reports Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482200 Updated May 29, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for the Microsoft SharePoint usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center: A new Storage tab will provide a high-level view of your overall SharePoint quota consumption and recommended actions for storage management. Note: This report is available to non-Education tenants. Education tenants should refer to their pooled storage report. Learn more about viewing the pooled storage report: Pooled storage management - M365 Education | Microsoft Learn When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: The SharePoint storage report provides an overview of your tenant’s storage profile across multiple geographies. It will help you understand your tenant’s storage growth trend and make informed decisions on when to buy more storage or clean up usage. The report will include suggestions for optimizing storage, such as setting file history limits, archiving inactive sites, and creating site lifecycle management policies. Also, banner notifications will appear when your tenant is approaching or over the storage quota. To start using the SharePoint storage report: In the Microsoft 365 admin center, go to Reports > Usage page From the homepage dashboard, under Reports, select SharePoint. Select the Storage tab. The new Storage tab on the SharePoint storage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center: What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Microsoft 365 Reports in the admin center – SharePoint storage - Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Learn MC1069560 — Modern SharePoint: New Template gallery and 50+ out-of-the-box page templates Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 490565 Coming soon to Microsoft SharePoint: We will roll out Modern SharePoint page templates, a new feature designed to streamline content creation and elevate the visual consistency across your organization’s SharePoint pages or news posts. This rollout will introduce a centralized Template gallery that enables users to effortlessly discover, preview, and apply both Microsoft-provided and customer created site-specific templates. With over 50 new out-of-the-box (OOB) templates, this feature empowers users to build high-quality, aesthetically pleasing on-brand pages with ease. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out at mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: With the introduction of the Template gallery, SharePoint users will have a dedicated experience to: Access both Saved on this site (templates created by customer on this site) and From Microsoft (OOB templates provided by Microsoft) in one centralized location: the new Template gallery. Browse and preview templates with ease before applying them to new pages. Leverage 50+ new OOB templates that are aesthetically pleasing, professionally designed, and easy to use—ideal for common scenarios such as status updates, event announcements, team introductions, and more. This will drive improved content quality, enhanced branding consistency, and faster page creation for your organization, ultimately driving higher user engagement. This change will be on by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. No action is required to enable this feature. However, we recommend the following to maximize its value: Inform your SharePoint site authors of the new Template gallery experience. Encourage content authors to explore the new OOB templates to reduce time spent on page creation while maintaining visual consistency. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. Thank you for being a valued Microsoft 365 customer and for your continued partnership in making SharePoint better for everyone. MC1066155 — Microsoft SharePoint Online: [Important update] Enabling a new Public Content Delivery Network (CDN) domain Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 489230 Coming soon: We will migrate the hosting of Microsoft SharePoint Online assets to a new content delivery network (CDN) service, Microsoft Azure Front Door (AFD). When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: As part of this migration, we will introduce a new public CDN domain, public-cdn.sharepointonline.com. To ensure your SharePoint Online (SPO) sites and pages are fully prepared, please review these guidelines: Add the new domain to your network allow list: If you enable domain-based allow lists in your network configurations, please ensure that the new domain public-cdn.sharepointonline.com is also included. Avoid hardcoding CDN URLs: To ensure seamless integration and for future proofing, please refrain from hardcoding the CDN URLs in your applications and scripts. Do not block the old domain: The old CDN domain publiccdn.sharepointonline.com is still in use. Please continue to allow access to the existing CDN domain until further notification from us. What you need to do to prepare: Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no other admin action required before the rollout. We appreciate your cooperation and understanding as we work to enhance the performance and reliability of SharePoint Online. If you have questions or need further assistance, please do not hesitate to reach out to our support team. Thank you for your attention to this important update. Learn more about CDN for SPO: Use Office 365 Content Delivery Network (CDN) with SharePoint Online - Microsoft 365 Enterprise | Microsoft Learn MC1055557 — (Updated) SharePoint Online: Content Security Policy Control in Tenant Administration Updated May 21, 2025: We have updated the content Thank you for your patience. SharePoint Online Tenant Administrators can now allow script sources for modern pages in SharePoint sites. This feature is particularly useful in scenarios where modern pages have custom code that loads scripts (e.g., TypeScript code) from external sources like a content delivery network (CDN). SharePoint will now report to administrators where sources that have not been allowed are loaded from, providing a way for administrators to identify those sources and take action. Tenant Administrators can also enforce browsers to only load scripts from allowed sources. This behavior can be enabled using SharePoint Online Management Shell. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out on late March 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out on late April 2025 and expect to complete by late April 2025. General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out on late April 2025 and expect to complete by early June 2025 (previously mid-May). How this will affect your organization: Tenant Administrators will have the option to control and govern where custom code loads scripts and, if needed, enforce browsers to only load scripts from trusted sources. A new "Trusted script sources" page will give administrators control over which source can be trusted to load scripts. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. MC1055555 — (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint Online: We will remove retired DISCO and WSDL web pages Updated May 22, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. ASP.NET DISCO and WSDL pages were the web service APIs for customers who wanted to create a proxy for their web services. The retirement of ASP.NET web services was announced in 2013 and should not be used. We recommend using Microsoft Graph for remote operations where possible. We will remove these pages from Microsoft SharePoint Online starting mid-August 2025 and ending in mid-September 2025. Please refer to the following information regarding the DISCO and WSDL endpoints These endpoints were originally designed for use with development tools from the early 2000s and were never a preferred or widely adopted method for generating proxy classes in SharePoint development. These endpoints are not tenant-specific and are not associated with any individual tenant’s configuration or ownership. Usage across the SharePoint Online service is extremely rare. In fact, most of these endpoints show zero usage. These endpoints were primarily used in legacy development scenarios and are not required for modern SharePoint development practices. If your organization has an internal development team, we recommend consulting with them to confirm whether these endpoints are in use. However, it is extremely unlikely that they are being used in any current development workflows. Learn more: Removal of deprecated DISCO & WSDL aspx pages from SharePoint Online - Microsoft 365 Developer Blog MC1024394 — (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: New card animation feature for Pages, News, and Microsoft Viva Amplify Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 481510 Updated May 20, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. When this will happen: Coming soon for Microsoft SharePoint: Cards can be animated for some web parts (Editorial cards, Quick Links, and People) in SharePoint Pages, News, and Microsoft Viva Amplify. We previously incorrectly indicated that Images web part was supported for this feature. Targeted Release: We will begin rolling early April 2025 (previously out late-April) and expect to complete by early May 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-April 2025 (previously early May) and expect to complete by early May 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: This feature will be enabled by default for new cards created after the feature is released. Users can disable card animation in the web part property pane. To add animation to existing web parts, users can enable the setting in the web part property pane. To preview the card animation, view the published page or use Preview mode. Pages and web parts created before this rollout are not impacted by this change. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. MC974358 — (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint admin center: New "App insights" feature will be in Public Preview Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 417481 Updated May 20, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft SharePoint Advanced Management (SAM): A new App insights feature will be available in the Microsoft SharePoint admin center for Public Preview. You can continue to manage this feature with Microsoft PowerShell cmdlets if desired. When this will happen: Public Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late July 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, if you are part of SAM, you will be able to get insights in the SharePoint admin center for applications accessing SharePoint content. This feature will be available by default to SAM licenses. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Generate App insights reports - SharePoint in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn MC792601 — SharePoint Framework domain isolated web parts retirement Updated June 2, 2025: This update serves as a reminder that SharePoint Framework domain isolated web parts will retire and stop working in 10 months from now (April 2, 2026). After careful consideration and extensive review of usage data and feedback Microsoft has decided to retire the domain isolated web parts feature in the SharePoint Framework (SPFx). When will this happen: Starting April 2, 2025, domain isolated web parts will be turned off for any newly created tenants. Starting April 2, 2026, Microsoft will remove the ability to use domain isolated web parts for existing tenants. How this will affect your organization: If your organization still uses domain isolated web parts, after the change has rolled out these will render an error message and stop functioning. We recommend customers to update the impacted web parts as regular web parts and redeploy them. What you need to do to prepare: To understand whether you have installed domain isolated web parts and granted permissions you can verify if the SharePoint admin center API access page contains permissions listed under the Isolated grouping. If you see permissions listed under Isolated then you can use the instructions described on the domain isolated web part retirement page to discover the solutions, their domain isolated web parts and where those web parts are used. This resource will also contain the needed steps to update the web parts to not use domain isolation. Note: There will not be an option to extend domain isolated web parts beyond April 2, 2026. Learn more: Domain isolated web part retirement page Retirement announcement blog post MC693865 — (Updated) SharePoint Add-In retirement in Microsoft 365 Updated June 2, 2025: This update serves as a reminder that SharePoint Add-Ins will retire and stop working in 10 months from now (April 2, 2026). Since the release of SharePoint Add-Ins in 2013, Microsoft has evolved SharePoint extensibility using SharePoint Framework (SPFx) enabling you to write applications that can be used in Microsoft SharePoint, Viva Connections and Microsoft Teams. With our continued investment in SharePoint Framework, Microsoft is retiring SharePoint Add-Ins. Key Points: Major: Retirement Timeline: o Starting July 1st, 2024, SharePoint Add-Ins cannot be installed from the public marketplace, also referred to as store by existing tenants. Installation from a private app catalog stays possible. o Starting November 1st, 2024, new tenants will not be able use SharePoint Add-Ins, regardless of their origin (public marketplace, private tenant catalog). o Starting April 2nd, 2026, Microsoft will remove the ability use SharePoint Add-Ins for existing tenants. Action: Review and assess impact How this will affect your organization: If your organization still uses SharePoint Add-Ins, they will no longer function after April 2nd, 2026. We recommend customers to port their customizations to SharePoint Framework (SPFx) and ask their solution vendors for updated solutions. What you need to do to prepare You will want to notify your Add-In users and developers. Update your user training and prepare your help desk. For admins Use the Microsoft 365 Assessment tool to scan your tenants for SharePoint Add-In usage. Disable SharePoint Add-Ins on your tenant using SharePoint Online Management Shell Review the guidance for migrating from SharePoint Add-Ins to SharePoint Framework. There will not be an option to extend SharePoint Add-Ins beyond April 2nd 2026. New: How to disable SharePoint Add-Ins on your tenant Admins can disable SharePoint Add-Ins with the Set-SPOTenant SharePoint Management Shell PowerShell command. Connect-SPOService -Url https://<tenant>-admin.sharepoint.com Set-SPOTenant -IsSharePointAddInsDisabled $true After SharePoint Add-Ins are disabled, users will not be able to add SharePoint Add-Ins to their sites, and admins cannot add new SharePoint Add-Ins to the tenant and site collection app catalogs. SharePoint Add-Ins already added to sites will stay available and can still be used by the site's users. New: SharePoint Add-Ins will not be available from the public marketplace After July 1, 2024, users browsing the public marketplace (AppSource) will see SharePoint Add-In, but if they select Get it now, a message will explain that SharePoint Add-Ins are retired and cannot be added. If you still require a specific SharePoint Add-In, contact the Add-In creator to understand the possible options. Learn more Support update for the retirement of SharePoint Add-Ins in Microsoft 365. MC693863 — (Updated) Azure ACS retirement in Microsoft 365 Updated June 2, 2025: This update serves as a reminder that Azure ACS in Microsoft 365 will retire and stop working in 10 months from now (April 2, 2026). Since the first use of Azure Access Control Services (ACS) by SharePoint in 2013, Microsoft has evolved the authorization and authentication options for SharePoint Online via Microsoft Entra ID (a.k.a. Azure AD). Using Microsoft Entra ID as auth platform for your SharePoint Online customizations will provide your applications the most secure, compliant and future proof model. With our continued investment in Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft is retiring the use of Azure ACS as auth platform for SharePoint Online. Key Points: Major: Retirement Timeline: o Starting November 1st, 2024, new tenants will not be able use Azure ACS. o Starting April 2, 2026, Microsoft will remove the ability use SharePoint ACS for existing tenants. Action: Review and assess impact How this will affect your organization If your organization still uses Azure ACS to grant custom developed or third party applications access to SharePoint Online, they will no longer have access after April 2nd, 2026. We recommend customers to update their customizations to use Microsoft Entra ID and ask their solution vendors to do the same. What you need to do to prepare You will want to notify your Azure ACS users and developers. Update your user training and prepare your help desk. For admins Use the Microsoft 365 Assessment tool to scan your tenants for Azure ACS usage. Review the guidance for migrating from Azure ACS to Microsoft Entra ID. There will not be an option to extend Azure ACS usage for SharePoint Online beyond April 2nd 2026. Learn more Support update for the retirement of Azure ACS for SharePoint Online in Microsoft 365. MC542767 — (Updated) SharePoint 2013 workflow retirement Updated June 2, 2025: This update serves as a reminder that SharePoint 2013 workflow will retire and stop working in 10 months from now (April 2, 2026). Since the release of SharePoint workflows, Microsoft has evolved workflow orchestration to not only encompass SharePoint, but all the productivity services you use with Microsoft 365 and beyond. With the continued investment in Power Automate as the universal solution to workflow, Microsoft is retiring SharePoint 2013 workflows. When this will happen: Starting April 2nd, 2024, SharePoint 2013 workflows will be turned off for any newly created tenants. Starting April 2nd, 2026, Microsoft will remove the ability to run, or create and execute SharePoint 2013 workflows for existing tenants. How this will affect your organization If your organization still uses SharePoint 2013 workflows, they will no longer function after April 2nd, 2026. We recommend customers to move to Power Automate or other supported solutions. What you need to do to prepare You will want to notify your users, workflow developers and site owners. Update your user training and prepare your help desk. For admins Use the Microsoft 365 Assessment tool to scan your tenants for legacy workflow usage. Review Guidance: Migrate from classic workflows to Power Automate flows in SharePoint Review the Power Automate resources as a solution to legacy workflows. Note: There will not be an option to extend SharePoint 2013 workflow beyond April 2nd 2026. Learn more: Detailed support article with additional resources. OneDrive for Business MC1079736 — Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft OneDrive: Apply watermark to PDFs Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485796 Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft SharePoint for web will soon let users add text or images as watermarks to PDF documents. Users can place the watermark in front of their content and choose the desired location and angle for the watermark. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025. How this will affect your organization: To add text as a watermark: Open a PDF stored in OneDrive or SharePoint and then select Edit at the top right of the screen. Select Watermark from the top menu, enter your text, customize the formatting and color, and place the watermark in the desired position. Choose from nine positions: top left, top center, top right, middle left, middle center, middle right, bottom left, bottom center, and bottom right. Text formatting options include bold, italic, color, size, transparency, and rotation. Preview changes on the right side of the screen, and then select Apply to save changes. To add an image as a watermark: From the Watermark dialog box, select Picture to insert an image as a watermark. Adjust scale, transparency, and rotation if desired. Set the image in the desired position. Choose from nine positions: top left, top center, top right, middle left, middle center, middle right, bottom left, bottom center, and bottom right. Preview changes on the right side of the screen, and then select Apply to save. To edit an existing watermark: Select Watermark from the top menu, and then select the watermark to edit. Follow the same steps for adding text or images to modify text or images in the watermark. To add another watermark, select Add new under the Watermark toolbar. To remove a watermark: Select Watermark from the top menu, and then select the watermark to remove. Select the Remove button at the bottom of the screen. FAQs Can I modify watermarks using other PDF tools? Watermarks added in OneDrive or SharePoint will be visible in other PDF tools but cannot be edited or removed with third-party tools. Does applying a watermark change my original PDF? Yes, applying a watermark will change your PDF document. The watermark is superimposed on the PDF content. Users can easily remove any watermark applied in OneDrive or SharePoint. What you need to do to prepare: Note: Some users may see this feature before other users in your organization. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. MC1078765 — Microsoft OneDrive: New "View and upload" permission for Anyone links to folders Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485801 Coming soon: If desired, admins will be able to configure View and upload as a permission option for Anyone links to folders in Microsoft OneDrive. After this rollout, tenants will be able to restrict Anyone links for folders to view only while still enabling the Request files functionality. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by early August 2025. How this will affect your organization: This feature offers admins more granular control over content access, ensures compliance with internal data policies, helps enable external sharing, and helps administrators maintain a higher level of data governance. This feature is off by default and will not impact existing settings. After this rollout, admins can enable the new View and upload option with Microsoft PowerShell: Set-SPOTenant (Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell) | Microsoft Learn or in the Microsoft SharePoint admin center by going to Policies > Sharing: Before this rollout: When an admin sets Anyone links for folders to View, edit, and upload in PowerShell or the SharePoint admin center, the user can set folders to Can edit or Can view and can use the Request files feature for the folder. To comply with internal data policies or to have greater information control, an admin may choose to restrict the Anyone links for folders to View. With this setting, users are limited to Can view folder links, but the Request files feature is not available. After this rollout: Admins can set Anyone links for folders to View and upload. With this setting, users can only set folders to Anyone can view links (Can view or Can't download) and continue to access the Request files feature. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more The Advanced settings for Anyone links section in Manage sharing settings for SharePoint and OneDrive in Microsoft 365 - SharePoint in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn Set-SPOTenant (Microsoft.Online.SharePoint.PowerShell) | Microsoft Learn MC1077863 — Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft SharePoint: Use the table of contents in a PDF to navigate Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486859 Microsoft OneDrive for the web and Microsoft SharePoint Online will be able to display a table of contents if a PDF already has one. Users can select an item in the table of contents to jump directly to the location of that item in the PDF. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025. How this will affect your organization: Open a PDF in OneDrive for the web or in SharePoint. If your PDF contains a table of contents, it will show up on the left side of your screen: Select any line item to jump directly to the page To close the table of contents, select the X in the top right of the panel. Select the View the table of contents icon in the top left of the panel to open it again: This feature will be on by default. What you need to do to prepare: Note: Some users may see this feature before other users within your organization. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. MC1061109 — (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft OneDrive: New PDF compression feature Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 487440 Updated May 30, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon: Users will be able to use the new Compress feature to reduce the file sizes of PDFs stored on Microsoft OneDrive for the web or Microsoft SharePoint. Users can choose from three different compression levels. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early July 2025 (previously late April) and expect to complete by late July 2025 (previously early May). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 (previously late May) and expect to complete by early August 2025 (previously early June). How this will affect your organization: To compress PDF files for a smaller size: Open a PDF in OneDrive for the web (in SharePoint, go to the document library and choose Preview): Select the Compress button at the top of the screen. Select a compression level and then select Save a copy to save the compressed file. A progress notification will appear at the bottom of the screen. After the compression is complete, select Open from the notification to view the compressed file. FAQ What is the quality and subsampling for each compression level? We offer three levels of image compression. All use lossy compression and chroma subsampling to reduce file sizes while maintaining visual quality. The options are: Light compression: Apply 4:2:0 color subsampling and reduce 25% of image pixels. Medium compression: Apply 4:2:0 color subsampling and reduce 50% of image pixels. Heavy compression: Apply 4:2:0 color subsampling and reduce 75% of image pixels. Users can compress one PDF at a time. The original file must be smaller than 300 MB. This feature is on by default. What you need to do to prepare: Note: Some users may see this feature before other users in your organization. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. MC1017119 — (Updated) SharePoint: OneDrive and SharePoint – Protect PDF with password Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482193 Updated May 29, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. SharePoint and OneDrive users can now secure their PDF files by adding protection that restricts unauthorized access through OneDrive Web. This feature allows you to set an open password, which is required to access the PDF, or an owner password, which sets permissions for actions such as printing or editing the document. This ensures your files remain secure and only accessible to authorized individuals When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early July 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by mid-July 2025 (previously late May). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 (previously late May) and expect to complete by late July 2025 (previously early June). How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout: Users cannot setup passwords to protect their PDF files. After this rollout: Users can set a User Password to protect the PDF from being opened by non-authorized users or set Owner Password to grant certain operations like printing, copying, or modifying the content. To set up an open password: Open a PDF you have saved in OneDrive or SharePoint document library, Click the lock icon located at the top left of the screen 3.Under Security, enter matching passwords. Click Save as to password protect this document, Choose the location where you want to save the file and click Save here. A notification will appear at the bottom of the screen, indicating that a new file has been successfully saved. To set up an owner password: Open a PDF you have saved in OneDrive or SharePoint document library, Click the lock icon located at the top left of the screen, Under Protection, check the Grant permissions box. Under Grant permission, check the box for the permissions you want to allow on this document. Type matching owner passwords and then click Save as to set permissions for this document, Choose the location where you want to save the file and click Save here, A notification will appear at the bottom of the screen, indicating that a new file has been successfully saved. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. FAQ Will password protection overwrite my current PDF? No, we currently only allow the "Save as" option, so the original PDF will remain intact. Can I see the same permission set on the same PDF document using other apps? Yes, users are able to view the same permission settings, and the same restrictions are applied when they view the PDF within OneDrive and SharePoint. What you need to do to prepare: Note: Some users may see this feature before other users within your organization. Microsoft Planner MC1072394 — Microsoft Planner being added Planner premium subscriptions. To support the move to Planner for the web and Planner in Teams (MC1068905), Planner is being added to subscriptions that include access to Project for the web and Project in Teams. On or after June 11th, 2025, the Planner service plans Microsoft Planner (PROJECTWORKMANAGEMENT) for all environments (except GCC) Office 365 Planner for Government (PROJECTWORKMANAGEMENT_GOV) for GCC will be added to the following subscriptions: Planner Plan 1 (including GCC and GCCH counterparts) Planner and Project Plan 3 (including faculty, student, GCC and GCCH counterparts) Planner and Project Plan 5 (including faculty, student, GCC and GCCH counterparts) Subscriptions that include Dynamics Project Operations and Dynamics Project Operations Attach like Dynamics 365 Plan 1 Enterprise Edition The Planner service plans directly support the infrastructure required to run Microsoft Planner and Planner premium. After June 30th, Planner premium email notification will require Planner to be enabled in your organization and email notifications settings can be managed only through Planner web. How this affects your organization: If your organization already has a subscription that includes Planner and it is enabled, there will be no impact to you. On or after June 11th, 2025, the service plans will be “on” by default for the subscriptions referenced above and Microsoft Planner will be available in your organization. On or after June 30th, Planner premium email notifications will require Planner to be enabled for your organization to continue to work. Email notification settings can be managed only through Planner web. Wha you can do to prepare: Review the documentation on the Microsoft Planner service if your organization doesn't use Microsoft Planner today Microsoft Planner for admins - Microsoft Planner | Microsoft Learn. MC1072390 — Planner - New service plan to M365 users A new service plan is being added to the Microsoft 365 and Office 365 suites which enables additional capabilities to interact with premium plans in Planner. Microsoft 365 and Office 365 users can now edit shared premium plans, enabling them to collaborate more seamlessly with premium licensed users. These users can access any capabilities where Microsoft Planner basic and premium plans overlap. For example, the user could edit task name, assign tasks to others, and change the priority and start date of a task. Any non-overlapping fields, such as dependencies or custom fields, would still require a premium license to edit. The new service plan will be added to the following licenses: Microsoft 365 F3 and Office 365 F3 Office 365 E1 Microsoft 365 for business Microsoft E3 and Office 365 E3 Microsoft E5 and Office 365 E5 This change is applicable only for premium plans created in Planner web, Planner in teams and Project for the web in default environment. For premium plans created in non-default environments, there is no change in the capabilities. Refer to this link for more details - Office 365 User access to Project for the web and Roadmap When this will happen: This update will be applicable from mid-June 2025. How this will affect your organization: With this update, Microsoft 365 users in your organization can now edit premium plans shared with them. What you need to do to prepare: You may consider updating your training and documentation as appropriate. MC1068905 — Microsoft Project for the web and Project in Teams will retire and redirect to Planner for the web and Planner in Teams The new Microsoft Planner for the web (https://planner.cloud.microsoft) brings together the simplicity of Microsoft To Do, the collaboration of Planner, and the advanced capabilities of Microsoft Project into one platform. Planner for the web offers a comprehensive and scalable solution, whether users are managing individual tasks or overseeing professional-grade projects. All users with an existing Project for the web license will have access to Planner. (A Microsoft Teams license is also required to use Planner in Teams.) Starting early August 2025, we will retire Project for the web and will redirect its users to Planner for the web and Planner for Teams, for a smooth transition. Premium plans from Project for the web automatically will be available in Planner, ensuring users experience a seamless migration without losing any data. We will add these capabilities to Planner before the redirect goes into effect: Users will be able view and manage non-default environment plans in Planner. We will rename Project Power app to Planner power app (and the button to open the plan in Project will be replaced with a button to open the plan in Planner). Project settings in the Microsoft 365 admin center will move to the Planner page in the admin center. Tenants with only Project licenses will be able to access basic plan functionality in Planner. We will roll out the new Planner to GCC High. User experience in Project and Roadmap for the web and Teams When launching Project for the web or Roadmap for the web, users will see a page directing them to open Planner for the web, they will not be able to dismiss this screen or use Project or Roadmap for the web. Existing Project tabs in Teams will no longer open the associated project, and instead will show users a page to inform them to re-pin their tab using the Planner tab for Teams Existing Roadmap tabs in Teams will no longer open the associated roadmap, and instead will show a page directing users to the Planner app in Teams Users will no longer have access to view or create Roadmaps in Project for the web, but their Roadmap data will remain in Dataverse We will remove the Project tab and Roadmap tab apps from the Teams app store. When this will happen: For Worldwide: We will begin rolling out early August 2025 and expect to complete by mid-August 2025. For GCC: We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. For GCC High: We will begin rolling out late August 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025. How this will affect your organization: Due to low usage and our efforts to simplify the user experience, these Project for the web features are not available in Planner: Users will need to migrate their existing Roadmaps to Portfolios because Planner does not support opening roadmaps. Learn more about migrating Roadmaps to Portfolios: Manage multiple plans with portfolios in Microsoft Planner - Microsoft Support Portfolios in Planner do not support adding rows for Microsoft Azure DevOps or Microsoft Project Online Import MPP is not available in Planner. Learn more about how to use the Project Power App to import projects from Microsoft Project for Windows desktop: Move your project from Project desktop to Project Power Apps - Microsoft Support Users are not able to pin Portfolios as a Teams tab What you need to do to prepare: This retirement will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before or after the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users and update any internal documentation to reflect these changes. Migrate existing Roadmap data to Portfolios in Planner before the redirect rollout date. Inform your users to proactively re-pin your Projects in Teams tabs using the Planner in Teams tabs Start using Planner in your organization today to minimize disruption when the redirect is rolled out Supporting adoption resources: The new Microsoft Planner MC1068901 — The New Microsoft Planner for the web will be generally available (DoD) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 490569 Coming soon: The new Microsoft Planner for the web brings together the simplicity of Microsoft To Do and the collaboration of Planner, into a simple, scalable solution, whether users are managing individual tasks or collaborative projects. In this rollout, we will update the existing web version of Planner to the new Planner for the web. A Microsoft 365 license is required to use the new Planner. Planner Premium will not be available. When this will happen: General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. How this will affect your organization: The new Planner for the web: As part of our efforts to simplify Planner, these existing features are not available in the new Planner due to low usage: Charts for pinned plans in Planner Hub While you were away notifications Activity log of a task’s creation, assignments, and completion date in the task comments Links to group members, Microsoft Outlook conversations, and Microsoft OneNote notebooks (you can still access these links in Outlook) Menu option to Leave plan Suggested attachments Charts view and Schedule view on the Assigned to me page What you need to do to prepare: The new Planner is on by default for users with the required Microsoft 365 license. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change. Please review our public documentation and update any internal documentation. Learn more We will update Planner help documentation before rollout. Supporting adoption resources: The new Microsoft Planner Get ready for the new Microsoft Planner for the web Microsoft Viva MC973514 — (Updated) SharePoint Pages Flexible Sections Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 395213 Updated May 7, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. When this will happen: Flexible sections are a new section type that allow authors to build pages without a strict column structure. Web parts can be dynamically resized and moved within flexible sections to create a fully customized section. Flexible sections unlock an endless number of design possibilities for sections. With the introduction of flexible sections, we have reimagined section templates that are located in the content pane toolbox. The new section templates will be powered by both flexible and column-based sections with example content. All sample content from these templates is placed onto the canvas when a section template is applied. Updated February 6, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. The new flexible section type and section templates will be available in SharePoint and Viva Amplify. Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early February 2025 (previously late-January) and expect to complete by late March 2025 (previously mid-March). General Availability (Production, GCC, GCC High, DOD): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). How this will affect your organization: Users will see a new option when adding a section to a page, called “Flexible”. Within a flexible section, users can drag and drop web parts anywhere on the grid. Web parts will snap to the closest grid line when moved. Users can also resize web parts. Card-based web parts, such as Quick Links, People, or Hero, only have four different width options (full width, 1/3 canvas width, ½ canvas width, and 2/3 canvas width). These web parts can only be resized to one of the four options. Non-card-based web parts, such as Text, Image, and File & Media can be resized to any width. Web parts will snap to the closest gird line when being resized. Users can resize flexible sections manually, change the arrangement of overlapping web parts, multi-select web parts, and group web parts. Users can select or drag and drop a new section template from the content pane toolbox. After the template is added to the canvas, users can make adjustments to the web parts and section until ready to publish. What you need to do to prepare: You might want to notify users, update your user training, and prepare your help desk. MC859867 — (Updated) Microsoft Viva Engage: Engage classic Highlights web part in SharePoint is retiring Updated: May 9, 2025: Last reminder for the deprecation - As previously communicated in our last Message Center post update, the classic version of the Highlights web part is being retired on June 1st, 2025. Kindly perform any required migrations before this deadline if your SharePoint sites use the deprecated web part. Additionally, based on customer feedback, we've now provided a script that helps admins identify the SharePoint sites in your tenant that have the deprecated Highlights web part. You can access the script in the same guide previously shared in this MC post - Migrate classic feeds in SharePoint to the Viva Engage Conversations web part | Microsoft Learn. Please note that after June 1st, users will no longer be able to access Viva Engage content through the classic Highlights web part. Please follow the instructions in this Message Center post to complete any required migrations at the earliest. We appreciate your cooperation in ensuring a smooth transition for your users. We will be retiring the Microsoft Viva Engage classic version of Highlights web part in SharePoint (referred to as the classic SharePoint web part in this message) on March 31, 2025 (previously January 31). Instead, we recommend migrating to the modern Viva Engage Conversations web part in SharePoint, where we will continue to invest our development resources. Note: The other two Viva Engage web parts (Highlights web part and Conversations web part) in SharePoint will not be impacted as part of this retirement. We recommend that tenants using classic SharePoint web part upgrade to the modern Conversations web part to enable a safer and more engaging user experience. How this will affect your organization: You are receiving this message because our reporting indicates one or more users in your organization are using the classic SharePoint web part. Starting March 31, 2025 (previously January 31), users in your Viva Engage network will no longer be able to successfully access Viva Engage content through this integration. Please use this guide to migrate to the modern version before March 31, 2025 (previously January 31): Migrate classic feeds in SharePoint to the Viva Engage Conversations web part | Microsoft Learn What you need to do to prepare: We recommend that you migrate to the modern Conversations web part, notify your users about this change and update documentation as appropriate. Microsoft Teams MC1087565 — Microsoft Teams: LEAP will transition to Microsoft Unified On July 1, 2025, the Microsoft 365 Live Event Assistance Program (LEAP) will transition from a complimentary preview offer to a paid service provided by Microsoft Unified that will be known as Teams Events Hosting Assistance. We are also pleased to inform you that we will be expanding our services to include Microsoft Teams Events Advanced Production Services, which will provide production and broadcasting services for town halls, webinars, and events. To learn more and benefit from these services, please contact your account management team. We are committed to ensuring that your transition is smooth and successful. MC1085581 — Microsoft Teams admin center: New Teams Reader role We’re excited to announce the rollout of a new built-in role-based access control (RBAC) role in the Microsoft Teams admin center called Teams Reader. This role is designed to provide read-only access across all* pages in the Teams admin center, enabling secure visibility without the risk of unintended changes. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: The new Teams Reader role is ideal for scenarios where visibility into Teams admin settings is required without granting edit permissions. The new role can read everything* that the Teams admin can manage but not update anything. *Role limitations No access to view Teams management (will be added soon; we will update this post when available) No access to Meetings & Calls details of users (will be added soon; we will update this post when available) No access to Notifications & Rules management (will be added soon; we will update this post when available) No access to Frontline worker deployment management No access to the Collaboration activity dashboard Global admins can perform assign/unassign operations for the new RBAC role from the Microsoft Entra admin center or Microsoft 365 admin center. This new role will be available to be assigned to Administrative units as well from the Entra admin center or the Microsoft 365 admin center. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. Notify your Global admins about the availability of this new role. Update internal documentation and training materials to reflect the new role and its capabilities. Learn more: Use Microsoft Teams administrator roles to manage Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn (will be updated before rollout) MC1084033 — Microsoft Teams Townhall in DoD (Premium) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 489812 Ability to host Teams townhall coming soon. When this will happen: General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete early September 2025. How this will affect your organization: Once available, set up and host large scale events across a DoD organization with the familiar Teams app you use for meetings using town hall. Town hall capabilities include a new meeting template, capacity for up to 20k attendees, green room, the ability to manage what attendees see, RTMP-in, live translated captions, and more. What you need to do to prepare: You may consider updating your training and documentation as appropriate. MC1084032 — Microsoft Teams: Users can add multiple emoji reactions to each chat or channel message Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 491468 In Microsoft Teams, users will soon be able to add multiple emoji reactions to a single message. Before this rollout, each user can only add one emoji to each chat or channel post. After this rollout, users can select and add multiple emojis—including custom emojis—to the same message. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early August 2025 and expect to complete by mid-August 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, a user who adds an emoji to a message will find a new More reactions button where the user can select and add additional emojis: Reactions are displayed in order of popularity, while ensuring that each user’s own reactions are always visible. To maintain clarity and prevent clutter, emojis are limited to 20 reactions per user per message: When there are too many reactions to show, users can hover over the number (+6 in this image) to see all reactions: What you need to do to prepare: This feature will be enabled by default and the rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. We recommend these steps: Inform users of the updated behavior to avoid confusion when they notice multiple reactions per message. If your organization uses custom emojis, note that custom emojis are supported as part of this feature. No changes to current admin settings or messaging policies are required. Learn more: Send an emoji, GIF, or sticker in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support (will be updated before rollout) MC1080690 — Microsoft Teams: New bilateral chat policy for restricting external group chats to a maximum of two organizations Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 490566 Bilateral chat policy is a new type of policy for restricting external group chats in Microsoft Teams to maximum of two organizations. This policy will be available for admins to set up and apply to users and groups where external access policies are already set up. After the policy is enabled, automatically enforced compliance controls will prohibit users from creating or adding users from more than two organizations to external group chats. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams on the web, and Teams for iOS/Android. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. How this will affect your organization: Admins will be able to set up bilateral chat policy in the Teams admin center or Microsoft PowerShell. Learn more: Set up a bilateral chat policy - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn After external access and the bilateral chat policy is set up, users with the policy can be in external group chats only with a maximum of two organizations. The user is also removed from existing external group chats with more than two organizations. This policy doesn't apply to meetings, meeting chats, or channels. This policy is available by default for admins to configure. Adding user to an external group chat that violates bilateral chat policy: Creating an external group chat that violates bilateral chat policy: What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. To set up a bilateral chat policy, you must first set up and enable external access. Learn more: Set up a bilateral chat policy - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn MC1077865 — Microsoft Teams: Introducing the Network Strength Indicator Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 414513 To improve meeting clarity and reduce confusion caused by connectivity issues, we’re adding a new Network Strength Indicator. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early August 2025 and expect to complete by early September 2025. How this will affect your organization: This feature will display your current network quality using a simple 3-bar system: Good (3 bars), Poor (2 bars), and Bad (1 bar). When your connection is limited, we’ll suggest actions to help conserve bandwidth and maintain meeting performance. You’ll also be able to see when other participants are experiencing poor or bad network conditions, providing better context for disruptions in the meeting. What you need to do to prepare: You may consider updating your training and documentation as appropriate. MC1075916 — Microsoft Teams: Set New Ringtones in Teams Mobile Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 491438 Microsoft Teams Mobile (iOS and Android) will soon allow users to customize and select different sounds for various types of calls, helping you better manage your alerts and distinguish between different incoming communications. For users with Microsoft Teams Phone, this also includes calls for forwarded and delegated calls. Users can find these settings under Teams Settings > Calling > Choose a ringtone. The ringtone is set on a per-device basis, meaning the ringtone a user selects will apply only to that specific device. This also includes support for a new tone, “Beep” which will play a beep sound every 5 seconds for the duration of the call ringing. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. How this will affect your organization: Users can now set new ringtones for their calls within the call Settings. What you need to do to prepare: You may consider updating your training and documentation as appropriate. MC1075913 — Call Waiting Beep Enabled on Desktop and Mobile Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 491472 Call Waiting Beep is a phone feature that provides a less intrusive tone when a user is in a call and a second call comes in to let the user know there is an incoming call when they are busy. A beep tone will play every 5 seconds for the duration of an incoming call ringing. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. How this will affect your organization: To enable this experience on Desktop, users must turn on the Setting within the Teams Settings > Notifications and activity > Play sounds while I’m busy or in a meeting. On Teams Mobile app client, Call Waiting Beep is the default experience. When a user is in a Teams Call and is receiving a second incoming call, they will receive this functionality. Call Waiting Beep will be supported on IOS and Android devices. What you need to do to prepare: You may consider updating your training and documentation as appropriate. MC1070855 — Microsoft Teams: Call quality reports for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) rooms in the Pro Management portal Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486830 As with Microsoft Teams Rooms, admins can now access detailed call quality reports for BYOD rooms with associated peripherals in the Pro Management portal. These reports include call history and session details that help diagnose network, audio, and video issues. Reports in the Pro Management portal requires a Teams Shared Devices license for the room. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out in early June 2025 and expect to complete in mid-June 2025 How this will affect your organization: This report can be used to understand when call quality is poor in rooms, as well as analyze the cause of that poor quality. Diagnosing issues with call quality can lead to substantive increases in meeting room experience for your users as well as a reduction in tickets and/or complaints about meeting rooms. What you need to do to prepare: We recommend that you discuss this new capability with your room management teams and plan for how to use the new quality reports to best serve your users and improve their experience in Teams Rooms. This report can be used to understand when call quality is poor in rooms, as well as analyze the cause of that poor quality. We also recommend a regularly scheduled frequent check of room health to ensure your team is on top of any issues before they turn into tickets or complaints from users or executives. You can be both proactive and reactive to room issues in this way. MC1070854 — Microsoft Teams: Unified attachment flow on Teams Mobile Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488091 Introducing a new content picker for Teams Mobile Android. Attach any type of content, whether files or media, from the paperclip icon in the compose overflow menu. Our unified attach flow makes it easy and intuitive to attach content from any source location. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out on Android early June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD) We will begin rollout on Android late June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025 How this will affect your organization: Users will see an improved content attach flow in the Teams Android app. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC1069562 — Microsoft Teams: Block a user from your organization (GCC High, DoD) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 489455 The delete API (removeallaccessforuser API) does not stop a malicious user from resending a Microsoft Teams message to the same victim. To help prevent this, we will roll out a block user feature in the Microsoft Teams admin center that will allow the admin to block the malicious user from sending a new message. We will use a feature similar to the allow/block list in federation identity credentials to block the malicious user from the entire organization. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, admins can set up a list of users who are blocked from collaborating with their organization. If a user is added to the block list, the users in the organization will not be able to have 1:1 and group chats with the blocked users. If chats already exist before a user is added to the block list, the blocked user will be removed from the chat. This feature will be off by default. If you wish to use this feature, go to the Microsoft Teams admin center > Users > External access to turn on this feature and add users to the block list. Turning on block user: Adding users to block list: The finalized block list: What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. Learn more: The Block external users section of IT Admins - Manage external meetings and chat with people and organizations using Microsoft identities - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn MC1069556 — (Updated) Microsoft Planner: New Planner app for Microsoft Teams will be generally available (GCCH, DoD) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 490568 Updated May 30, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon: The new Microsoft Planner app for Microsoft Teams is a single, unified work management experience that brings together the simplicity of Microsoft To Do and the collaboration of Planner into a single, simple solution that offers individual task management and enterprise work management. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, and Teams for the web. Planner Basic is available to all customers with a Microsoft 365 license. Premium features in Planner require a Planner Premium license. Planner Premium will be available in GCCH but not DoD. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out late August 2025 and expect to complete by late September 2025. How this will affect your organization: This rollout includes transforming the existing Tasks by Planner app and the To Do app in Teams into the new Planner app, which will maintain all existing app functionality and add new options and features to help users be more productive. How this will affect your organization: We will update the app name for the Tasks by Planner app and the To Do app in Teams to Planner. If your organization does not have a Microsoft 365 license, users must use the To Do app to create new lists. If your organization purchases at least one Microsoft 365 license, users can access the full functionality of Planner. For GCC High only, Planner in Teams will maintain all existing functionality of the Tasks app while adding support to access all plans created in Microsoft Project for the web and capabilities of Project for the web. The new Planner app for Teams: These capabilities will not be available as part of the initial rollout. We will announce the timeline for the availability of these features in a future Message Center post: Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 in Planner Tasks in Premium Plans appearing in the Assigned to me view in My Tasks This update is available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change. Please review the public documentation and update any internal documentation to reflect the new Planner app. Learn more The new Microsoft Planner: A unified experience bringing together to-dos, tasks, plans and projects | Microsoft Community Hub Manage the Planner app for your organization in Microsoft Teams MC1069555 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Send messages to attendees in the meeting lobby with Lobby chat Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 480716 Updated May 30, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: Meeting organizers will be able to send one-way messages to attendees in the meeting lobby using the Lobby chat. The Lobby chat is intended to optimize the lobby experience for all participants, ensuring that organizers are better equipped to run external meetings and external attendees are well informed about the meeting when it begins. This feature is on by default and admins can choose to disable it in the Teams admin center (TAC). This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Teams on Mac desktop, and Teams for iOS/Android. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. How this will affect your organization: Admin controls: After this rollout, the policy for Lobby chat will be on by default in the TAC. Admins can enable or disable Lobby chat with a meeting policy in the TAC. Under Meeting policies > Global (Org-wide default) > Meeting engagement, admins will find a new toggle option for Organizers can chat with lobby participant. When the option is enabled, participants who can't bypass the lobby due to meeting policy will be able to view messages sent by the organizer in a Lobby chat. To enable this policy, Meeting chat in the TAC must be set to On for everyone or On for everyone but anonymous users. Meeting organizer experience: When someone joins the lobby, the meeting organizer will see a new Lobby tab in their Chat experience (meeting chat, one-on-one chat, or group chats). The meeting organizer will be able to send one-way messages to attendees in the lobby in the Lobby tab: Lobby attendee experience: When the meeting organizer sends a message to the lobby, a new Lobby chat panel will open in the right panel of the pre-join screen and display the message. Lobby attendees cannot reply to these messages: What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. For tenants where Meeting chat in the TAC is set to On for everyone or On for everyone but anonymous users, admins should assess the impact of the Lobby chat feature and update meeting policy settings as needed to suit their organization's requirements. MC1068906 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Microsoft 365 Copilot for phone without transcription Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482745 Updated May 30, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are releasing a new feature that enables users to leverage Copilot's capabilities during live call sessions without retaining transcripts or an audio recording afterward. This ensures that users can benefit from Copilot during sensitive conversations where a persistent record is not desired. Post-call Copilot functions, such as recap, will not be available after the call concludes. When this will happen: Targeted release: We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: Users who have transcription turned off will be now able to use Copilot. What you need to do to prepare: Admin settings will be made available as part of the Calling policy to allow admins to configure the setting for their users. More details to follow. MC1066937 — New Queues app service plan (Teams Premium) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 490056 Microsoft Teams: Your Office 365 subscription is being updated with a new service plan: Queues app for Microsoft Teams. Powered by Teams Phone, the Queues app enables team members to make and receive customer calls without having to leave Teams, with tailored experiences for users and leads that are designed for efficiency in call handling and resolution. How this will affect your organization Once we begin rolling out the new service plan (mid-June 2025), Queues app will be listed as a service plan under the Teams Premium license. This is to prepare for the GCCH and DOD release of the New Voice Applications Settings for Authorized Users for Microsoft Teams (early July 2025). The rollout plan outlining the availability of the New Voice Applications Settings for Authorized Users will be communicated via the Message Center and the roadmap. What you need to do to prepare You may consider updating your training and documentation as appropriate. Admins: Manage voice applications policies in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn MC1066157 — Microsoft Teams: Android Open Source Project (AOSP) - Device Management auto updates Android devices with Microsoft Teams will be commencing auto updates for firmware in order to migrate to Microsoft Intune Android Open Source Project (AOSP) device management. Unlike other firmware updates, these firmware updates cannot be paused. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. How this will affect your organization: Devices will receive the firmware auto updates following the phases set in Teams admin center: Validation: 0-15 days General: 16-45 days (default) Final: 45-60 days What you need to do to prepare: Please verify that all prerequisites for AOSP device management migration are completed for your organization to ensure a smooth process. Your devices may sign out during migration if the prerequisites are not carried out properly. Please see the blog for further details and the full schedule of auto updates for your devices: Moving Teams Android Devices to AOSP Device Management. There will be no exceptions to delay the auto updates further. MC1062452 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Join as attendees in Microsoft events from Teams Rooms on Windows Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 484125 Updated May 16, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows can now join Microsoft events (webinars, town halls, structured meetings) as attendees. You can attend directly from the invited Teams Room with the same features that attendees have for all events. This is available only in Teams Rooms Pro. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late May 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. General Availability (DoD): We plan begin rolling out late August 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025. How this will affect your organization: Recently we announced official support with Teams Rooms on Windows devices as a presenter in Teams Townhall & Webinars ensuring an optimal experience for every event. Starting from app version 5.2.115.0, Teams Town halls and Webinars are exclusively available in rooms with a Teams Rooms Pro license. Today, Teams Rooms on Windows with a Pro license can now join events as attendees, making it easier to schedule watch parties for your organization and enjoy an official supported experience. Please note that joining events from Teams Rooms with a non-Pro license will not be supported. This feature will be enabled by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC1059675 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Pop out live captions and Real-Time Text (RTT) in Teams meetings Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 484113 Updated May 15, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We’re introducing the ability to pop out live captions (including live translated captions) and Real-Time Text (RTT) in Microsoft Teams meetings and calls. This new functionality gives users more flexibility and control over how they view text-based communication during meetings, supporting both accessibility and multitasking needs. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 (previously early May) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously mid-May). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 (previously early May) and expect to complete by mid-July 2025 (previously mid-May). General Availability (GCCH): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 (previously early June) and expect to complete by late July 2025 (previously mid-June). General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early August 2025 (previously early July) and expect to complete by mid-August 2025 (previously mid-July). How this will affect your organization: After the rollout, users will see a pop-out icon on the live captions and RTT interface during meetings and calls. This feature will be on by default. When popped out, captions and RTT will open in separate windows that users can drag, resize, and position anywhere on their screen. This allows users to customize their meeting layout and view captions or RTT in a way that works best for their workflow or accessibility needs. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required. Please notify your users about this change and update any relevant training materials or documentation to reflect the new pop-out experience for captions and RTT. MC1059674 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Real-Time Text (RTT) in Teams meetings and calls Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 484119 We’re introducing Real-Time Text (RTT) support in Microsoft Teams meetings and calls, available on both desktop and mobile platforms. RTT is an accessible communication method that transmits text character by character as it is typed, enabling more immediate and responsive text-based conversations. This enhancement supports inclusivity by providing an alternative communication channel for users who are deaf or hard of hearing, neurodiverse, or have speech-related disabilities. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early May and expect to complete by mid-May. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early May and expect to complete by mid-May. General Availability (GCCH): We will begin rolling out early June and expect to complete by mid-June. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early July and expect to complete by mid-July. How this will affect your organization: Once this feature is enabled by your organization, users will be able to turn on Real-Time Text (RTT) during Teams meetings and calls. To access it, go to the meeting toolbar, select More > Speech and language > Enable RTT. When RTT is turned on, it will be enabled for everyone in the meeting. As you type, your message will instantly appear on the screen - letter by letter - so others can read it in real time. This creates a faster and more natural way to communicate through text, especially compared to standard chat. RTT is designed to improve accessibility and also supports users who prefer typing instead of speaking. It can be used together with other features like captions or chat to create a more inclusive and flexible meeting experience. Note: Once RTT is turned on in a meeting, it stays on for the rest of the meeting and cannot be turned off unless everyone leaves and rejoins. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically, and no admin action is required. The RTT policy is enabled by default at the tenant level. We recommend informing your users about this new feature, especially those who may benefit from enhanced accessibility options. You may also want to update any internal documentation or training materials to include guidance on how to use RTT in Teams meetings and calls. MC1059673 — Microsoft Teams: Expanded and enhanced peripheral auto-association support for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) spaces Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486693 Updated June 3, 2025: Included additional details for feature capabilities Additional room and desk peripherals, including docking stations and webcams, are supported in BYOD spaces (including bookable desks), enabling users to seamlessly connect and utilize audio and video peripherals for a better experience. Admins get an expanded view and insightful reports for peripherals associated with Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) spaces in the Pro Management portal. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete in mid-June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. How this will affect your organization: Docking stations and webcams will now begin to appear in the Pro Management portal inventory device page, crowdsourced from the Teams desktop app. These peripherals can then be manually or automatically associated to BYOD rooms or bookable desks to automate and improve BYOD/Desk UX and provide admin insights into room UX quality. BYOD auto association will begin to receive signals and auto-associate these new peripherals to BYOD rooms. This process automatically builds a full view of your inventory for you, including what peripherals are currently located in which BYOD rooms. Auto-association for desks is coming soon. As a result, BYOD and Bookable Desks end user experiences will automatically activate for any user who plugs in a peripheral associated to a BYOD room or desk. These user experiences are designed to adapt the Teams desktop client to solve common user issues in rooms and desks, and includes but is not limited to the following features: (Rooms) Auto-select Room AV peripherals so that users don't accidentally use their laptop speaker and mic in a meeting room. (Rooms) Shared display mode to protect confidential information and present clean output without meeting controls or presenter's notes to the room display. (Rooms) Speaker Attribution so transcript (and Microsoft 365 Copilot) know who is speaking in your meeting. (Rooms) Disable voice isolation so others in the room can be heard. (Rooms) Room Node in participant roster. (Desks) Auto-book a desk upon peripheral plug in. (Desks) Automatically update user's work location if user has consented (Desks) Notification if a seat is taken (Rooms & Desks) Usage Reports What you need to do to prepare: Inform your users about the experiences that will be automatically activated for them when they plug in to a peripheral that has been associated to a room or a desk. These changes are to make their meeting room and desk experiences better. If you do not want end user experiences to automatically activate for a user, please refer to the admin documentation for BYOD rooms or desks. If you do not want peripherals to auto associate to rooms, automatically building your inventory for you, please disable this in settings for the Pro management portal. MC1057717 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams Phones: Users can assign shared lines, call queues, and call transfer key to line keys Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486829 Updated June 2, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Teams Phone devices: We are excited to announce the upcoming availability of shared line, collaborative delegation, call queues and call transfers on line keys on Teams certified phone devices. Line keys on phone devices address the pain point of navigating through multiple menus to manager calls, offering enhanced call management where users can manage multiple calls effectively, increased productivity and improved user experience. For shared line and collaborative delegation, this feature will enable you to assign shared lines/collaborative delegation lines to a line key and view the boss/delegates and members of the group (in case of collaborative delegation) along with their presence on Teams Phone devices. This feature allows delegates to pick up calls on behalf of the boss or members of the group (in case of collaborative delegation) by pressing the line key and join active calls. Also, users will be able to assign the transfer action to the line key, enabling them to transfer active calls to specific contacts by pressing that line key. Lastly, after assigning call queues to the line key users can view the status of call queue whether busy or available and receive calls by pressing line key. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 (previously mid-June) and expect to complete by late July 2025 (previously late June). How this will affect your organization: This change will be on by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. To access the new features, ensure that your Teams phone devices are updated with the latest application. These features will only be available with the latest application update. Learn more: Set up line keys on your Microsoft Teams phone - Microsoft Support Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. MC1056268 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams Premium: Ultra-low latency (ULL) attendee experience for town halls Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486535 Updated May 29, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Before this rollout, Microsoft Teams town hall attendees typically watch the presentation with a 20-30 second delay. After this rollout, with ultra-low latency (ULL), attendees will be able to view and participate in a town hall at a much lower latency than before, ensuring they are in sync with content being shared by presenters and organizers. This feature is available for town hall organizers with a Teams Premium license. This feature will only be available for tenants who use the Microsoft eCDN (Enterprise Content Delivery Network) or who do not have an eCDN provider. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, Teams for the web, and Teams for iOS and Android. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early August 2025 and expect to complete by mid-August 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. How this will affect your organization: This change will be on by default for attendees in town halls scheduled by Teams Premium organizers. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. MC1052166 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Slide Control for PowerPoint presenters Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 484844 Updated May 13, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. A new Slide Control feature allows presenters in both meetings and events to share control of their Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. Users with control will be able to move the slides forward and backward for all users in the meeting, making it easy for each speaker to directly control their content. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 and expect to complete by early August 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-August 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out early September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025. How this will affect your organization: On release, Slide Control will be enabled for all internal users in the tenant and disabled for all external users. What you need to do to prepare: Before release, decide what feature scope you'd like to apply within your tenant, meaning which type of users are allowed to use the new Slide Control feature. Note: Slide Control only allows for presenters to share control of their slides with the users they choose; users cannot request control themselves. MC1052162 — Microsoft Teams: Now available - new policy setting for Speaker Attribution in BYOD scenarios - Enabled ON by default Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488301 Updated April 29, 2025: We have updated the title, timeline, and content. Thank you for your patience. Available now: The new SpeakerAttributionBYOD setting is now available in csTeamsAIPolicy for Microsoft Teams Premium users. This gives IT admins more control over speaker attribution when users join meetings from personal (BYOD) devices. Admins can now configure this setting using PowerShell. If no action is taken, it will be enabled by default starting in early June 2025. NOTE: If you are a Microsoft Teams customer (not a Microsoft Teams Premium customer), we are sending this message to you because this new setting will take effect automatically for any user assigned a Microsoft Teams Premium or Microsoft 365 Copilot license—even if your organization previously didn’t have these licenses. Therefore, we recommend all organizations review this message, regardless of your organization’s current license status. This setting allows organizations to manage how speaker attribution is used in meetings where users join via personal devices, helping enhance the in-meeting and post-meeting experience with features like speaker labels (Speaker 1, Speaker 2, etc.) and Microsoft 365 Copilot in shared spaces. To access Copilot features, a Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: Previously, speaker attribution was managed using the RoomAttributeUserOverrideparameter in CsTeamsMeetingPolicy. Going forward, SpeakerAttributionBYOD in csTeamsAIPolicy will determine whether attribution is used when users join from BYOD scenarios. What you need to do to prepare: The new setting is available now, and admins can begin configuring it using PowerShell based on their organization's preferences. If no action is taken, the setting will be enabled by default during the rollout in June 2025. If you prefer to modify the setting before the rollout begins, you can do so at any time starting now. Learn more Set-CsTeamsAIPolicy (MicrosoftTeamsPowerShell) | Microsoft Learn Get-CsTeamsAIPolicy (MicrosoftTeamsPowerShell) | Microsoft Learn Overview of voice and face enrollment - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn MC1045219 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Room Recommender Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482191 Updated May 28, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. With this rollout, if no room is booked for the meeting, an AI-generated room suggestion will be sent in the meeting chat an hour before the meeting start time when two or more attendees are co-located in the same building, making in-person collaboration easier. The room suggestion will consider location of participants, room availability, and capacity to find the best space. You can reserve the suggested room with just one click and update the invite for everyone. The organizer must have a Teams premium license for this experience to occur, which is on Teams mobile on iOS. #MicrosoftPlaces When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: This will be a default on feature. For a room suggestion to be generated, a meeting must have: Between two to seven attendees with at least two attendees that are co-located Teams meeting link Organizer has Teams premium No room is already booked for the meeting No external attendees Not an all-day event Room suggestions will be generated in buildings where at least two attendees, who haven’t declined the meeting, share the same work location. For instance, if a meeting has four attendees, with two in Building X and two in Building Y, suggestions for both buildings will be sent. Distribution lists are not considered. If a meeting is moved, canceled, or the suggested room becomes unavailable, the card will update dynamically upon clicking ‘Reserve’. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may also want to notify your team about this change and update any relevant documentation. We recommend making sure that your rooms are properly added to Places directory with a building associated. MC1045217 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams Phone: Copilot-generated summaries for call transfers on Android devices Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 475855 Updated June 2, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Teams Phone on Android devices: Copilot-generated summaries for call transfer. This feature is designed to streamline call transfers by providing agents receiving transferred calls with a Copilot summary of the call. This summary includes key details such as caller information, call reason, prior actions, and next steps. It supports Consult and Blind transfers to help ensure effective communication and improve efficiency. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use this feature. Learn more: License options for Microsoft 365 Copilot | Microsoft Learn When is this rolling out General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: Copilot-generated summaries for call transfer are visible to the person to whom the call is being transferred: These new features will be available by default. What do I need to prepare Please ensure that your Teams phone devices are updated with the latest application to get access to the new features described in this message. These features will be available only with the latest application update. Prerequisite to use these new features: Admins must enable Transcription in Calling policies for both transferor and transferee. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. MC1045213 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New Chat and channels experience (GCC High, DoD) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485706 Updated May 21, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. The new, streamlined chat and channels experience makes it easier to stay on top of what matters most and organize your digital workspace. Catch up on chat, channels and teams in one place, create custom sections to organize conversations by topics, use filters to triage messages and more. For more details and screenshots, refer to Microsoft Teams announces out a new chat and channels experience | Microsoft 365 Blog This message applies to Teams on Windows desktops, Teams on Mac desktops, Teams on the web, and Teams on iOS and Android devices. This message excludes Education tenants. We will send a future post with an update on the plan for Education tenants. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 (was mid-June) and expect to complete by late July 2025. (was early July) General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 (was late June) and expect to complete by early August 2025. (was mid-July). How this will affect your organization: The new experience brings chat, teams, and channels into one place, in Chat, so users can easily navigate between all conversations without switching between contexts. Users start in the combined Chat view but can opt to keep chat separate from teams and channels like before. In the Chat view, users will see these sections (in order): Favorites containing any previously pinned chats and channels Chats sorted by most recent Teams and channels, organized in same order as in the Teams view Also, users can create custom sections to organize projects and topics that can include individual, group, and meeting chats, as well as channels. New filters for Unread, Chat, Channels, Meetings and more help users focus on relevant conversation in their list. Filters persist until turned off. The new @mention view gathers all personal @mentions into one interactive list. Users can quickly access messages with @mentions across chats, channels, and meetings. A quick navigation bar for teams and channels is available in Teams for Windows, Mac, and Web, at the bottom of the combined Chat view. Clicking on the bar will scroll the view to the teams and channels section for quick navigation. The bar displays in bold when there are unread messages in channels, or with indicators like "@" for unread @mentions in channels. Use /goto: Quickly navigate to your frequently used conversation across your chat and channels with a new keyboard shortcut Ctrl+G (Cmd+G on Mac). Customizing the experience Users can tailor their chat and channels experience in Teams Settings. Users can choose to keep chat, teams, and channels combined in Chat (default) or switch to separate Chat and Teams views. In the combined Chat view on Windows, Mac, and Web, message previews are off by default to simplify the list. Users can turn on message previews in Settings. When using the separate Chat and Teams views, users can still use the new filters and the @mentions view to triage and organize topics with custom sections. Starting the new experience A self-service guided onboarding flow in Teams will help users discover the new experience and configure it to their preferences. Users who prefer to keep chat and channels separate can easily do so during the onboarding process or later, without IT assistance. The Get started button will take users to the new combined chat, teams, and channels experience in Chat, and highlight the location of settings. Users will have the option to defer the new experience up to three times over the course of approximately three days, providing flexibility while also moving an organization to the new experience overall. About a week after the new experience is available for a user, they will be presented with a final Get started screen and transition to the new experience. This feature is on by default. The new experience has no admin policy. Each user can make choices to optimize for how they work best. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. To help prepare organizations for the new features, product guides for admins and users are available on the adoption web page. MC1041960 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Standard and Basic licensed Teams rooms on Windows in the Teams admin center portal Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482539 Updated May 15, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We will be transitioning all Teams Rooms on Windows devices, irrespective of their licenses, to the Teams Rooms Pro management portal to meet users' needs for a one-stop destination to configure, monitor, and manage Teams rooms devices. This change delivers a unified device management and admin portal experience. Users currently using the Teams admin center (TAC) will have device management functionalities within the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal. Teams Rooms on Windows devices will not be available in Teams admin center after June 1, 2025. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 (previously May 1) and expect to complete in late June 2025 (previously early May). How this will affect your organization: All Teams Rooms on Windows devices with Standard or Basic licenses will be visible in the Teams Rooms Pro management portal at https://portal.rooms.microsoft.com. Organizations that have never used the Teams Rooms Pro management portal will need to add additional URLs found in Enroll a Teams Room in the Pro management portal. Those with Teams or Teams Device administrator roles will be able to access the Teams Rooms Pro management portal and see their devices after May 1, 2025. Users with Basic and Standard Teams Rooms licenses will have device management functionalities within the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal. They will not, however, have access to the full suite of device management and space analytics features available with a Teams Rooms Pro license. What you need to do to prepare: For those that have used only Teams admin center and are unfamiliar with the capabilities of Teams Rooms Pro Management, we encourage you to view the short videos on Teams Rooms Pro Management - YouTube and product documentation Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro management. MC1041451 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams for iOS/Android: New location sharing settings for emergency calls and more Updated June 3, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. This message applies to Microsoft Teams for iOS/Android. Microsoft is updating its policies regarding the sharing of user location data to enhance privacy, improve data security, and ensure compliance with evolving regulatory standards. To enhance transparency and user control, Teams will introduce a new location consent experience that gives users the choice of when and how Teams can use their location data [specifically, the SSID (service set identifier) and the BSSID (basic service set identifier)]. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early June 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late May (previously early May). General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 (previously early May) and expect to complete by mid-June 2025 (previously early June). How this will affect your organization: All new and existing Teams for Work users in your organization will be prompted to specify if they want to keep location detection on for emergency calls only or if they consent to allowing location access used for IT Admin Insights, for troubleshooting (with a tool such as the Call Quality Dashboard) or for Network and Location matching through BSSID for emergency calling location. NOTE: The new Teams location consent flow does not apply to fully managed devices where users are restricted from user-granted location access. You can expect current policies for managed devices to continue working as expected, and users will not receive the new location consent prompts. The new Teams location consent changes will impact these Teams features: Emergency calling Location-based routing Network and Location matching through BSSID Call Quality Dashboard This change will be available by default. All new Teams for Work users on iOS and Android will first be prompted to allow location permission at the operating system level. Existing Teams for Work users who previously accepted or denied location permission at the operating system level will not see this prompt a second time. If a user allows location access, dynamic emergency calling policies will work as configured, and users enabled for Location Based Routing will be able to make and receive PSTN calls. If a user disallows location access, several Teams Call Quality Dashboard metrics will be impacted, and Network and Location matching through BSSID from dynamic emergency calling policies will not work. Users can still manually add their physical address for emergency calls in the Teams Calls app if an admin has enabled ExternalLocationLookupMode for their users. Immediately after users consent to allow location access at the operating system level (and for users who previously consented to location access), both new and existing Teams for Work users will be prompted to allow location access at the Teams app level. At the Teams level, users must choose between Allow all, which grants Teams full location access (that can be used for emergency calls, IT Admin Insights, or troubleshooting), or Allow emergency only, which restricts location usage to emergency calling. NOTE: Only users who are configured for a dynamic emergency calling policy through ExternalLocationLookUpMode will see this version of the dialog. Users without ExternalLocationLookUpMode enabled will see a slightly different version of this consent prompt that excludes emergency calling. Users can modify their location detection preferences at the operating system level or app level at any time in Teams Settings > Privacy > Location. On fully managed devices, these settings will be on by default and can only be disabled at the operating system level. What you need to do to prepare: We recommend that you educate your users on these selections and what works best for your tenant. If you regularly use the Call Quality Dashboard or leverage Network and Location matching through BSSID, you may want to recommend that users allow location access for those options, or user location data will no longer flow to these services. For emergency calling, you can communicate these changes by setting the emergency service disclaimer with a custom message that will display in the Calls app in Teams. Ensuring that users have location turned on is crucial for proper functioning of emergency calls and their safety. Learn more about sending a custom message: Manage emergency calling policies in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn Learn more about the changes to location services and privacy policies: Windows location service and privacy - Microsoft Support Enable location sharing - Microsoft Support (will be updated before rollout) Changes to API behavior for Wi-Fi access and location - Win32 apps | Microsoft Learn User location consent experience in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn For more detailed information and how this will affect each user in your organization, please refer to the public documentation that will be updated here shortly. Before rollout, we will update this post with links to new documentation. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. MC1028320 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Teams Rooms Pro Management portal will be generally available (GCC High) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482187 Updated May 16, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. March 27, 2025: We have updated the URL below to show as intended. Thank you for your feedback. NOTE: This message applies to customers with Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro licenses. If you don't have this license, you can ignore this message. After this rollout, admins will have access to the Teams Rooms Pro Management service and portal at https://devices.gov.teams.microsoft.us,where you can use remote device management and analytics features while maintaining high security and privacy standards. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 (previously early May) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously mid-May). How this will affect your organization: This portal will be available by default for admins to configure. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your admins about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro management - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn (will be updated before rollout begins) MC1020218 — (Updated) Microsoft Viva Connections: New News feature in Microsoft Teams Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 472018 Updated May 20, 2025: The rollout of the feature on Viva Connections in Teams mobile will now be completed by end June 2025. The feature is generally available on Viva Connections in Teams desktop and Teams web platforms. We are evolving the Feed experience in Microsoft Viva Connections for Microsoft Teams. Instead of the Feed, people in your organization will soon see a Microsoft SharePoint News experience in Viva Connections, for a fresh new look that simplifies the user experience. Learn more: Introducing enterprise news reader in Viva connections | Microsoft Community Hub Watch video (14:12 min) This message applies to Viva Connections in Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for iOS/Android, and Teams for the web, with this exception: This rollout will also include a Microsoft 365 Copilot-powered summary experience initially available only in Teams for Windows desktop. Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed users will have an additional option to generate a Copilot summary of the top 10 (or fewer) items in a user's News feed. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use this summarization feature in the news feed. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early March 2025 and expect to complete by mid-March 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). Due to the nature of rollout technology across various platforms, some users may see the new experience sooner than others or in one platform first before the others. How this will affect your organization: Users will see recommended SharePoint News based on the sites they follow, frequently access, posts by people they work with, and other trending sites. As always, users will only see news they have appropriate permissions for, and if a news item is audience-targeted, the News feed will honor that and filter out news items. Boosted news and news from your organization's news sites will always be prioritized at the top of the News feed. Users can like news items in their feed and save them for later. They will have an immersive news experience in Viva Connections, without leaving Teams to read new content for individual sites they follow. This change will be on by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. MC1019312 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants can request collaborative annotation sessions Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 89975 Updated May 23, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants will be able to request an annotation session while someone else is sharing their screen. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. (Users can view and annotate in Teams on the web but cannot initiate annotations.) When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. General Availability (WW, GCC, GCC High, and DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: After the rollout, meeting participants who are not sharing their screens will have the ability to request an annotation session. Anonymous users in the meeting will not be able to send a request. This change will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. Learn more: Use annotation while sharing your screen in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support (we will update this before rollout) Watch: How to use Collaborative Annotations in a Microsoft Teams meeting (2022) MC1013461 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Customize the location of notifications in Teams for the web Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 480720 Updated May 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Teams will soon allow users to personalize the placement of notifications on their screens. Users will be able to choose from four options (bottom right, top right, bottom left, or top left) to make notifications more convenient and less disruptive, enhancing both focus and productivity. This message applies to Teams for the web. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect to complete by mid-April 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-April 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout, Teams notifications were limited to the bottom right corner. After this rollout, users can customize notification placement in Teams settings in Settings > Notifications and activity > Display. Select the option for notification location that best suits your needs and preferences: Bottom right, Top right, Bottom left, or Top left. This feature will be available by default for users to configure. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Customize the location of notifications in Teams (the location of the notifications will be the same as explained in this blog for Teams for Windows desktop) MC1011152 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Updates to the Teams system tray icon and menu Updated May 7, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are improving the Microsoft Teams app icon and menu in the Microsoft Windows system tray (taskbar notification area) for ease of use and to reduce the number of steps to perform routine tasks. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early March 2025 and expect to complete by mid-March 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). How this will affect your organization After this rollout, these changes will affect all users: Updates to how your account presence is displayed. Instead of seeing My status in the system tray menu, users will now see their current presence status and can quickly change their status. We removed the Open option from the system tray menu. Users can launch the Teams app by selecting their account name in the system tray. Changes that will impact users who are signed into both personal and work accounts: Before this rollout, if a user is signed into both personal and work Teams accounts, the system tray will display two Teams icons and corresponding menus. After this rollout, users will have one Teams icon in the system tray for personal and work accounts What you need to do to prepare No action is required, as users will automatically receive these changes by default. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. MC1009932 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Add CVI (Cloud Video Interop) coordinates to town hall and webinar invitations Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 476487 Updated May 16, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Meeting organizers and schedulers will be able to add CVI (Cloud Video Interop) coordinates to Teams town hall and webinar meeting invitations. With CVI coordinates in invitations, non-Teams users—such as external customers or partners—can easily join town hall and webinar meetings using a third-party teleconferencing device. This message applies to Teams on Windows desktop, Teams on Mac desktop, and Teams on the web. CVI is a Microsoft Qualified third-party solution that enables third-party SIP and H.323 video room devices (VTCs) to join Microsoft Teams meetings. As an admin, you can set CVI for your org. Learn more: Manage and set up Cloud Video Interop for Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 (previously early May) and expect to complete by mid-May 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out early June and expect to complete by late June 2025. How this will affect your organization: This change will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before or after the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Plan for Teams town halls - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Learn (will be updated before rollout) MC1009930 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Distinguish invites among Attendee, Presenter, and Co-organizer emails Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 476488 Updated May 28, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Teams Events invite emails will be separated based on the role of the participant. Event organizers will get an email explaining the specific roles of participants in the event. Similarly, each presenter will get a separate calendar invite, allowing the organizers of town halls to maintain separate invites for attendees. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early October 2025 and expect to complete by mid-October 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early November 2025 and expect to complete by late November 2025. General Availability (GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out early December 2025 and expect to complete by early January 2026. How this will affect your organization: This feature update allows the organizers of town halls to maintain separate invites for attendees. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC1009929 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Join town halls using dial-in options and join codes Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 476489 Updated May 16, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. April 11, 2025: There was an error previously published that we have corrected. Previously we mentioned that the Microsoft Teams town halls dial-in options would be available to attendees and presenters, and that it would appear as separate email invited. This is not correct. Presenters and Organizers can now, with this update, join a Teams town hall using the dial-in options and code displayed on the Event Scheduling page after publishing. This code should only be used for Organizers and Presenters, not attendees. Presenters and attendees can now join Microsoft Teams town halls using dial-in options and join codes. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 (previously early May) and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously mid-May). General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late May 2025. General Availability (GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. How this will affect your organization: With the release of this feature, Teams town hall presenters and organizers may join a Town hall using the dial-in option. Teams town hall does not support dial-in Attendees at this time. This update is available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC999443 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Queues app to add Monitor, Whisper, Barge, and Takeover Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 473884 Updated May 15, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. When this will happen: For Microsoft Teams, in the Queues app, authorized users will be able to enter into a monitoring session for private coaching. They can listen to customer calls, whisper to the agents for private messages, and barge into or takeover the call. Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early April 2025 (previously mid-March) for and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously early April). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late April 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously early May). How this will affect your organization: In the Teams Queues app, authorized users will now have access to selected capabilities for private coaching. Monitor Whisper Barge Takeover What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC996588 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Adding and editing external contacts on Teams phone devices Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 476485 Updated June 2, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. A new feature allows users to add and edit external contacts using the lightweight People app on Microsoft Teams phone devices. With this capability, you will be able to manage and interact with contacts outside of your organization on Teams phone devices. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-August 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. How this will affect your organization: Users will now be able to add and edit external contacts from Teams phone devices. To add an external contact: Click Create new contact from the People app. Add in the details of the external contact, and then click Save. What you need to do to prepare: Please ensure that your Teams phone devices are updated with the latest People app to get access to this new feature. This feature will only be available with the latest application update. MC989975 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Occupancy status on Teams panels Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 474441 Updated May 19, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Before this rollout, Microsoft Teams panels indicate a room availability based only on reservation data. After this rollout, Teams panels can smartly utilize signals from Teams Rooms devices and occupancy sensors paired with Teams panels to indicate when a room is in use, so users are not surprised to find an available room is actually occupied. This feature will be supported for accounts with a license for Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro or Microsoft Teams Shared Devices. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late April 2025 (previously early April) and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out early September 2025 and expect to complete by mid-September 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, this feature will be set to on by default, so the current experience will change. The room is in use when the room is not currently reserved and a user is in a call or casting with a Teams Rooms device, or the room is detected as occupied through a paired occupancy sensor. When the room is in use, the panel's LED will adjust to the color selected by the admin for the busy state. In addition, the panel's home screen will reflect that the room is occupied. Note: The room can still be reserved on the device itself, through Microsoft Outlook, or through Microsoft Teams. If the device is paired with a Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android, after a user reserves the occupied room from the device, a message will appear on the room display to let the user inside of the room know that the room has been reserved and to exit. This notification will be off by default, and the admin will need to enable it after pairing the device. An admin can choose to turn off these features in Teams admin settings > Device settings > Occupied state. The two settings are Allow occupied state and Allow booking notifications. If Allow occupied state is turned off, the booking notifications also will be turned off. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen by the specified date with no admin action required. You may want to update any relevant documentation as appropriate and plan to update your devices to the latest Teams app when it becomes available. Before rollout, we will update this post with revised documentation. MC989974 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New microphone volume indicator for users Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 468274 Updated June 2, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: A new Mic volume indicator on the user bar in Teams meetings. This feature will provide users with real-time visual feedback on their audio levels in the meeting, eliminating the need to ask, “Can you hear me?” This feature is designed to minimize interruptions as well as enhance user confidence and meeting effectiveness. This feature applies to Teams on Windows desktop and Mac desktop. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in early April 2025 (previously March) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously March). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out in mid-April 2025 (previously late March) and expect to complete by late April 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out in late April 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by early May 2025 (previously mid-June). General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out in early May 2025 (previously late June) and expect to complete by mid-June 2025 (previously mid-May). How this will affect your organization: This feature will be available to users by default and has no admin policy. Users can select the Mic icon and review the Microphone section of the menu to find out more about their audio levels in the meeting. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Muting and unmuting your mic in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support MC974361 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Edit your display name in meetings Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 122934 Updated June 2, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. In Microsoft Teams, while in a live meeting, participants will soon be able to edit their display name for the duration of the meeting. This name change is for the meeting duration only and does not affect a participant's original name on their People card. This feature is available for participants using the Teams desktop and web apps for both Windows and Mac. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early March 2025 (previously February) and expect to complete by mid-March 2025 (previously mid-February). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early April 2025 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously early April). General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late April 2025 (previously early April) and expect to complete by mid-June 2025 (previously mid-May). How this will affect your organization: The feature is off by default for all tenants. Admins can turn it on for their organization in the Teams admin center for all or selected tenant members. These members can then enable the feature in their private scheduled meetings. If turned on for the tenant, a meeting organizer can turn the feature on for their meeting in Meeting options > Let people edit their display name. The feature is OFF by default in Meeting options and has to be enabled by meeting organizer. If turned on for a meeting, participants can join the meeting and then select People at the top of the screen to edit their own display names in the Participants panel. Example: Daniela Mandera can change her name in a meeting to Daniela M. (Before rollout, we will update this post with revised user documentation for changing the name.) Participants who have edited their names will have an (edited) label next to their name in the meeting screens. *Original People card names will display in some meeting features such as calendar invites, the list of people invited to meetings, group chat rosters, and so on. Permanent meeting artifacts (such as the attendance report and transcriptions) will not reflect name changes. What you need to do to prepare: You can turn this feature on for your tenant users to allow the capability in the meetings they organize. You might want to notify your users about this new feature and update your training and documentation as appropriate. MC973502 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: New "Tag mentions" filter for the Activity feed Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470598 Updated May 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Users will have a new Tag mentions filter in the Activity feed to see their tag mentions in their chat and channel messages. The existing @Mentions filter allows users to catch up quickly on personal mentions. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). How this will affect your organization: This change will be available by default. There are no tenant level settings. Defaults will not change. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before or rafter the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. User documentation: Explore the Activity feed in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support (will be updated before rollout) MC966633 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting recap can be shared as a link Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 471430 Updated May 9, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants will be able to share a link to the Meeting recap from the meeting thumbnail in chat and the Recap tab, making it easier to reference and share Meeting recap insights with others. Meeting participants can share the meeting recap link with anyone in their organization. Users who don't have access to the recording or transcript must request access before they can access the Meeting recap. This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop and Teams for Mac desktop. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early February 2025 and expect to complete by early February 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete late May 2025 (previously late April). How this will affect your organization: This change will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Meeting recap in Microsoft Teams - Microsoft Support (will be updated before rollout) MC956699 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Forward messages with app cards Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469506 Updated May 8, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are introducing the ability to forward app cards. With the addition of app card forwarding, users now have a new way to share app cards across chats. To forward a message containing an app card, simply navigate to the More Actions menu of any message containing an app card and select forward. From here, the forward message dialog will populate, which provides users with a preview of the message being forwarded, including the app card. Please note: Forwarding of bot cards is excluded from this release. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 (previously early February) and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously mid-February). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late February 2025 (previously late January) and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). How this will affect your organization: Users will now have less restrictions when forwarding content. Previously, users were unable to forward messages that contained app cards. With this improvement, this restriction does not exist. What you need to do to prepare: Users must have the latest Microsoft Teams build to receive these updates. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC950898 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Forwarding loop components Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469507 Updated May 28, 2025: After further review, we will not be rolling this out to DoD during the timeline outlined below. We will communicate via Message center when we are ready to proceed. Organizations in DoD can safely disregard this message. Thank you for your patience. There is now the ability to forward loop components in Microsoft Teams. With the addition of loop component forwarding, users have a new way to share loop components across chats and channels. To forward a message containing a loop component, simply navigate to the more actions menu of any message containing a loop component and select forward. From there, the forward this message dialog will populate, which provides users with a preview of the message being forwarded, including the loop component. In this view, users will be able to give permissions to recipients of the loop component to ensure all recipients have access to the content. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out in early January 2025 and expect to complete by mid-January 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out in late January 2025 and expect to complete by early April 2025 (previously early February). How this will affect your organization: Users will now have less restrictions when forwarding content. Previously, users were unable to forward messages that contained a loop component. With this improvement, no such restriction exists. This update is available by default. For additional information, see Forward a message in a Teams chat - Microsoft Support. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC942831 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams Phones: Remotely manage contacts in Teams admin center Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 81379 Updated May 30, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to the Microsoft Teams admin center: Admins will be able to remotely manage contacts to ensure crucial contacts are available for users on their Teams Phone devices. This feature is only available for common area phones. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out this feature in mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out this feature in late August 2025 and expect to complete by early September 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out this feature in late September 2025 and expect to complete by early October 2025. How this will affect your organization: IT admins can access the Manage contacts feature from Teams admin center > Teams Devices > Phones > Common area phones. Select the applicable devices and then select Manage contacts. In the right panel, use the Search box to search for and select contacts to add to selected devices. You can upload a CSV file for contacts not found through Search. Newly added contacts will be synchronized to the Calls app and People app on the Teams phones devices under the group name Company contacts within 24 hours. For any device, admins can review or delete the added contacts from the Manage contacts right panel. Track the progress and status of contact operations with the Activity log in the Teams phone inventory. This new feature will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. If you have questions or need further assistance regarding this feature, please reach out to our support team. Before rollout, we will update this post with revised documentation. MC942829 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams admin center: Activity log for Teams Phone device management Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 420326 Updated May 30, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We’re excited to announce the rollout of a new feature in the Teams admin center: Activity log for Teams Phone device management. This feature empowers Teams administrators to actively monitor and track device operations, providing greater control over remote operations on Teams devices. Updated December 3, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Currently, the Activity log supports only the remote management of contacts on Teams Phones; however, we’re working to expand this feature to other device types and additional operation categories. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out this feature in mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late September 2025. How this will affect your organization: Admins can access the new Activity log by navigating to the Teams admin center > Teams Devices > Phones > Activity log Because only remote management of contacts for Teams Phones is currently supported, admins will be able to track operations such as Add contacts or Delete contacts and details like created time, impacted users, operation status, and more. By selecting an operation name, admins can view status updates at a granular level for each device involved in that operation. The Activity log will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. If you have questions or need further assistance regarding this feature, please reach out to our support team. Before rollout, we will update this post with revised documentation. MC908115 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Meeting organizers can turn off copying of captions, transcript and recap Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 416072 Updated May 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon: Meeting organizers with eligible licenses will have a Meeting option control called Turn off copying and forwarding of meeting chat, live captions, and transcript. When this control is enabled, meeting participants won’t be able to copy the meeting chat, live captions, live transcript, or any insights generated from intelligent meeting recap. This message applies to tenants with Teams Premium licenses on Teams for Windows desktop, Mac desktop, Teams on the web, and Teams for Android/iOS. Please note that the updated meeting option doesn’t apply to sales insights in Recap and the scenarios outside Teams (e.g., transcript on Stream) with this release. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early January 2025 (previously early December) and expect to complete by mid-January 2025 (previously mid-December). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 (previously mid-December) and expect to complete by early mid-February 2025 (previously early January). General Availability (GCC High, DOD): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 (previously early February) and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). Note: Only applicable for live captions and transcript. How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout: Meeting organizers have a control in Meeting options for Turn off copying or forwarding of meeting chat. After this rollout: The Turn off copying or forwarding of meeting chat control in Meeting options will become the Turn off copying and forwarding of meeting chat, live captions, and transcripts control, which allows meeting organizers to prevent meeting participants from copying meeting chat, live captions, transcripts, and AI-generated insights in the meeting recap. Forwarding and sharing messages to Outlook will also be disabled. This updated control is available by default for meeting organizers to enable. What you need to do to prepare: No admin action is needed to prepare for this change. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with revised documentation. MC898391 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Edge web browser for guests Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401117 Updated May 9, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Anonymous users (guests) who join Microsoft Teams meetings in the Microsoft Edge for Business web browser will soon experience performance improvements. They will be able to join meetings faster. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early November 2024 and expect to complete by mid-November 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by late-November 2024. General Availability (GCC, GCC High, and DoD): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout, anonymous users (guests) may experience longer wait times when attempting to join a Teams meeting. After this rollout, anonymous users (guests) will be able to join meetings faster, even on low-end devices. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. MC894581 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for meetings in Chrome web browser for guests Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 401116 Updated May 9, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Anonymous users (guests) who join Microsoft Teams meetings in the Chrome web browser will soon experience performance improvements. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early November and expect to complete by mid-November 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by late-November 2024. General Availability (GCC, GCC High and DoD): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout, anonymous users (guests) may experience longer wait times when attempting to join a Teams meeting. After this rollout, anonymous users (guests) will be able to join meetings faster, even on low-end devices. What you need to do to prepare: You may want to update your internal documentation to inform your users about this improvement. However, because the improvement is for external users and does not change the look of Teams, you can skip this step./p> MC884018 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Set sensitivity labels for town halls and webinar Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 409226 Updated May 12, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Team Premium customers: Event organizers will be able to set sensitivity labels for town halls and webinars. Sensitivity labels allow organizations to protect and regulate access to sensitive content created through collaboration in Teams. Sensitivity labels are available only for Teams Premium users on Mac and Windows desktops. When this will happen: Targeted release: We will begin rolling out in mid-October October 2024 (previously early October) and expect to complete by late October 2024 (previously mid-October). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out in mid-October 2024 and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). How this will affect your organization: Before this release: Sensitivity labels were not available for town halls and webinars. After this rollout, events created or updated by an organizer with a Teams Premium license can apply a sensitivity label to their event. Organizers will be notified if their configured settings are not valid for the selected sensitivity. Specific options under Event access may be enabled or disabled based on the sensitivity label set for the event For upcoming events that have already been scheduled prior to rollout, the sensitivity of the event will be set to None. If an event organizer chooses to modify the sensitivity for a scheduled event after the rollout, this action may affect event settings that were previously configured. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with revised documentation. MC718553 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Change background while recording on phone Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 380852 Updated May 9, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Users can now record themselves anywhere and share it with coworkers in the Microsoft Teams chat or channel without worrying about the background. Users can now change their background to any image they want or make the background blurry while recording using their Microsoft Teams camera on iOS devices. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High and DoD): We will begin rolling out early May 2024 (previously late March) and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). How this will affect your organization: Users will get an option to change their background to any image they want or make the background blurry while recording using their Microsoft Teams camera on an iOS device. To use this feature: Press and hold the camera icon next to the Compose box and then tap the blur icon to the right of the shutter button. You can then choose either an image to replace the background or choose to mildly or heavily blur your background. What you need to do to prepare: No action is needed to prepare for this change. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC709270 — (Updated) Mute with Windows Taskbar available in the new Microsoft Teams on Windows Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 191528 Updated May 19, 2025: After further review, we were not able to rollout to DoD. Thank you for your patience. The Muting Teams with Windows Taskbar is now available. This feature, available in the new Teams experience on Windows, enables you to mute and unmute your audio by clicking the mic icon in Windows taskbar. To control your call mic from the taskbar, do the following: Select the mic icon on your taskbar or press Windows logo key + Alt + K to mute or unmute your microphone while using a calling app. -OR- Click the volume icon in the hardware indicator for volume in Windows taskbar. When this will happen: Targeted release: We will begin rolling out early June 2024 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by mid-June 2024 (previously late May). Worldwide, GCC, & GCC High: We will begin rolling out mid-June 2024 (previously early June) and expect to complete by complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). How this will affect your organization: This enables a feature previously available in older version of Teams on Windows. What you need to do to prepare: To prepare, distribute updates on this rollout with your organization if applicable for your users. MC705760 — (Updated) Teams: Latest meeting experiences with performance improvements on web for Safari and Firefox (for guests) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 329253 Updated June 2, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. The latest Teams meeting experiences will be available for Teams on the web in Safari and Firefox browsers - including performance improvements, refreshed pre-join, updated meeting stage, and the updated meeting toolbar. (for anonymous join only) When this will happen: Worldwide: We will begin rolling out early September 2024 (previously mid-August) and expect to complete by early October 2024 (previously late August). GCC, GCC High and DoD: We will begin rolling out mid-October 2024 (previously mid-September) and expect to complete by mid-June 2025 (previously mid-April). How this will affect your organization: We make constant steps to improve Teams performance irrespective of the platform – this time we are making the experience of Teams meetings on web (in Safari and Firefox browsers) better for anonymous users (guests). That’s crucial because it improves external collaboration. For example, if participants from your tenant would like to have meetings with non-Teams users (who are often joining as guests) it’ll become simpler as guests joining meeting from Safari/Firefox web browsers won’t have to wait significant amount of time for the meeting experience to load. You may also notice that currently meeting UI in Chrome and Safari/Firefox is different, but with this update it won’t be a case anymore and you’ll enjoy all the benefits of modern UI (such as meeting toolbar on top of the screen, etc). What you need to do to prepare: You may want to update your internal documentation to inform your users about this improvement. MC704035 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Integrate Chat notification with Meeting RSVP status Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 161739 Updated May 28, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to control how they get notified in meeting chats through RSVP to their meetings. When they decline a meeting, they will not receive notifications or see the chats in chat list; when they accept a meeting, they will receive notification for all new messages. This release of Microsoft Teams Meeting ID will be rolling out across Microsoft Teams Desktop, Mobile and Web and will provide an additional way for users to control their chat list by selecting which meetings they want to receive message updates from. When this will happen: Targeted Release: will begin rolling out early April 2025 (previously mid-March) and expect to complete by mid-April 2025 (previously late March). General Availability (Worldwide): will begin rolling out late April 2025 and expect to complete by early May. General Availability (GCC): will begin rolling out late April 2025 and expect to complete by mid-May 2025. General Availability (GCC High): will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. General Availability (DoD): will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. How this will affect your organization: You will not receive notifications or see chats from meetings you declined. You will be able to set how you want to be notified for meetings you RSVP with Accept or Tentative from Microsoft Teams settings. What you need to do to prepare: You might want to notify your users about this new capability to control meeting chat notifications by RSVP to meetings. MC695487 — (Updated) Contact Unification across Outlook and Teams Updated May 7, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Today, users can see Outlook contacts created with their Entra ID (AAD) account in Teams, but contacts created in Teams are not available in Outlook. To provide a consistent experience we are making changes to allow Teams contacts, created with a user's Entra ID (AAD) account, to be visible in Outlook as well. Upcoming changes to contacts in Teams and Outlook: Currently, Teams and Outlook maintain separate contact lists for enterprise users. Based on your feedback, we plan to introduce a unified contact experience, ensuring a consistent contacts experience across Outlook and Teams. In future, changes to contacts in users’ organization (Entra ID) account in Teams will reflect in Outlook and vice versa. What's Happened so far: We have completed one round of migration of all Teams contacts to Outlook in January 2024. As a result, users may see more contacts in Outlook, namely those created in Teams and potentially Skype for Business contacts (if enabled). Existing Outlook contacts may also be enriched with additional details from corresponding Teams contacts. Teams users can see Outlook contacts but cannot edit them inside Teams. What's Coming: Users will gradually upgrade to the new unified experience from December 2024. The new experience will be enabled for each user across all endpoints (Desktop, Mobile, Devices etc.) simultaneously. Once the new experience is enabled for a user, they will see same set of contacts in Outlook and Teams. Any change in Outlook will reflect in Teams and vice versa. All Teams contact changes (creations and edits) made since January will be included in the unified store. During creations, a small set of users may see duplicate contacts in the unified store. To help users navigate the transition, category label ‘Teams Conflict’ will be applied to duplicate contacts. This label will help users see any conflicts (duplicates or inconsistencies) that need their attention. When this will happen: This activity is expected to be completed for all active users by June 2025 tentatively (previously April). Once this activity is complete, users will work with a single contact list across Teams and Outlook. How this will affect your organization Once this change is complete, users will be able to see created contacts across both Outlook and Teams and vice versa. What you need to do to prepare Action Required: Update your organisation documentation and training materials to reflect the upcoming changes for the new unified contact experience. You may consider updating your training and documentation as appropriate. If users wish to retain a snapshot of their existing contacts in Outlook, please encourage users to back-up their existing contacts using the export capability in Outlook. MC688109 — (Updated) Co-organizer experience updates in Teams Webinars and Townhalls Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 168524 Updated May 28, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Scheduling, setting up, and managing an event is not a simple task. Which is why we allow co-organizer to be added to the event so they can work alongside or on behalf of the organizer. So far co-organizers were able to set up event theming, manage registration, meeting options, view reports and more but were not able to edit event details like title, date/time, description, event group; nor publish or cancel event. Now they can! Co-organizer can edit event details, publish, and cancel the event like the organizer can. So once the co-organizer is added they will have full parity of experience as organizer and control/manage/edit event. When this will happen: Targeted release: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 (previously early January) and expect to complete by mid-January 2025 (previously mid-December). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2025 (previously mid-January 2025) and expect to complete by late November 2025. (previously late December 2025). How this will affect your organization: When co-organizer opens the event scheduling page, they should have the ability to edit the details page, publish, and cancel the event. What you need to do to prepare: Nothing required to prepare. Microsoft Purview MC1087105 — Microsoft Purview | Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: Advanced label-based protection for all files on devices Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 487859 Coming soon for Microsoft Purview | Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP): This rollout will allow DLP customers use Microsoft Purview Information Protection to apply sensitivity labels to protect non-Office/PDF files, without impacting user productivity. This feature is supported only on Windows devices. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: There is no change to your organization current’s use of labels on non-Office files and PDF files. This feature will be available by default but requires enablement by admins in the Purview portal at Data Loss Prevention settings > Endpoint DLP settings > Advanced label-based protection for all files on devices: What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users and admins about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more about label protection on devices: Advanced label-based protection for all files on devices Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. MC1087100 — Microsoft Purview | Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: Pause and Resume support for printer scenarios (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486369 Coming soon for Microsoft Purview | Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP): Pause and Resume support for printer scenarios for customers trying to override a DLP soft warning policy tip when submitting a print job. Before this rollout, the user must reinitiate the print job for the intended result. After this rollout, the override will be stored temporarily, and the print job will execute. This rollout is a fix for the Block with override action described in Create and deploy a data loss prevention policy | Microsoft Learn. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 and expect to complete by early June 2025. How this will affect your organization: This feature should reduce clicks for users and lessen frequency of alerts. After this rollout, when a print job is blocked by a policy, a user will see this pop-up notice. After the user enters the Business justification, the justification will be stored, and the content will print: This change will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: Identify Endpoint DLP policies to test after rollout to ensure the new experience is in place. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. MC1085582 — Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: True file types detected in Microsoft Exchange Online DLP (preview) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 493291 Coming soon for Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention for Microsoft Exchange Online: Before this rollout, Exchange Online relies only on the file extension (such as .docx and .pdf) to identify the type of an attachment but this approach can be bypassed if a file is renamed with a misleading extension. To address this, we’re enhancing our detection logic to go beyond just the visible file extension. After this rollout, even if a file’s extension is altered, Exchange will evaluate the actual content of the file to determine its true type. This ensures that policies based on file type (such as File extension is…) will remain effective and secure, even when attachments are renamed or disguised. This improvement provides you with a more robust and reliable way to enforce compliance and security rules around file sharing. When this will happen: Public Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late August 2025 and expect to complete by late September 2025. General Availability (GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out late August 2025 and expect to complete by mid-October 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, you can configure rules in the Purview portal based on the true file type using the File Extension is predicate in Data Loss Prevention for Exchange Online, and then you will start to see seeing the relevant details for rule matches in all the experiences, such as Alerts and Activity explorer. To set up this feature for Exchange, go to Data Loss Prevention > Policy Settings > Create rule and use the File extension is condition: How the configured rule appears in other Purview experiences. For example, in Incident reports: How the configured rule appears in Alerts: How the configured rule appears in Activity explorer: This feature will be available by default for admins to configure. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. If you are already using the File Extension is predicate in Data Loss Prevention for Exchange Online, be prepared to see increase in number of detections for these predicates because we will validate these predicates for both visible and the true file extensions after this rollout. Learn more: New-DlpComplianceRule (ExchangePowerShell) | Microsoft Learn MC1077858 — Teams Meeting Audit Events in GCC Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 491010 We're expanding auditing capabilities in Microsoft Teams for GCC customers. Teams Audit Events for Meetings—including MeetingDetail and MeetingParticipantDetail—will soon be available in Microsoft Purview. This enhancement provides administrators with deeper visibility into meeting activity, supporting compliance, investigations, and operational oversight. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC): Rollout will begin in early June 2025 and is expected to complete by late June 2025. How this will affect your organization: With this update, Teams meeting activities in GCC tenants will be audit logged in the Microsoft Purview portal. MeetingDetail logs include meeting start/end times, subject, and organizer information. MeetingParticipantDetail logs include participant join/leave times, roles, and status changes. These logs enhance your ability to monitor meeting usage and investigate user activity. What you need to do to prepare: No action is required if Audit logging is already enabled in your tenant. Admins can access and analyze these logs in the Microsoft Purview portal using search, filter, and export capabilities. MC1075907 — Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: Updated user scoping features in policies Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 412942 Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management will roll out enhancements to user scoping features in policies, When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025. General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early October 2025 and expect to complete by early November 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, Insider Risk Management admins with appropriate permissions can select combinations of users, groups, and adaptive scopes to include or exclude from Insider Risk Management policies in the Microsoft Purview portal at New insider risk policy > Users and groups > Exclusions (optional): This change will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. 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 to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. Learn more about creating policies in Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management MC1070851 — Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: Scoping policies for devices and device groups in Endpoint (GCC, GCCH, DoD) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 491011 In Microsoft Purview, before this rollout, you can create an Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policy and assign it to specific users or user groups. After this rollout, you will be able to create and assign policy based on both users and machines. You can use this feature to achieve different policies for same user on different devices. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. How this will affect your organization: This feature will not impact your organization unless you use the feature in your policy. The feature will be available by default for admins to configure. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your admins about this change and update any relevant documentation. To use this feature, you must have one of these builds installed: Windows 10: December 10, 2024—KB5048652 (OS Builds 19044.5247 and 19045.5247) - Microsoft Support Windows 11 22H2: November 21, 2024—KB5046732 (OS Builds 22621.4541 and 22631.4541) Preview - Microsoft Support Windows 11 24H2: December 10, 2024—KB5048667 (OS Build 26100.2605) - Microsoft Support These prerequisites may be updated when we release this feature. Please follow our public document for the latest prerequisite information. Learn more Configure endpoint DLP settings | Microsoft Learn The section called Prepare your Windows devices in Onboard Windows devices into Microsoft 365 overview | Microsoft Learn (will be updated before rollout) MC1068263 — Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: New "Full URL" field in activity explorer Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 471445 Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP): We will show the full path of a target domain instead of just the domain name in activity explorer. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, in cloud egress events (File copied to cloud), you will soon be able to find out exactly where the data is moving with the new Full URL field in Activity Explorer. This change will be on by default. What you need to do to prepare: Enable the Full URL toggle in Endpoint Data Loss Prevention Settings. Go to Endpoint Data Loss Prevention Settings > Browser and domain restrictions to sensitive data > File copied to cloud > Turn on Full URL. Look for the rule matches in activity explorer for a new or existing DLP policy that monitors cloud egress. Find the Full URL in the event details pane. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your admins about this change and update any relevant documentation. MC1068262 — Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: Full file evidence for restricted apps Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 479757 Coming soon for Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: The existing full file evidence feature supports activities like Cloud egress, paste to supported browser, copy to USB, Network share, RDP, and Bluetooth app. With this rollout, we will expand full file evidence feature to restricted or unallowed apps. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. How this will affect your organization: After the rollout, the Purview admin can follow these steps to enable full file evidence collection for restricted or unallowed apps: Step 1: Enable evidence collection for new or existing restricted apps or app groups in Endpoint DLP Settings. Step 2: Enable evidence collection for unallowed apps in new or existing policies: Configure rule condition. Select the restricted app group under File activities for apps in restricted app groups with the right enforcement mode OR select Access by restricted apps with right enforcement mode. Under Collect original file as evidence for all selected file activities on Endpoint, enable Access by restricted apps. This change will be available by default for admins to configure. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your admins about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: The section called Configure your DLP Policy in Get started with collecting files that match data loss prevention policies from devices | Microsoft Learn MC1066147 — Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: Downgrade or remove sensitivity label (GCC, GCC High, DoD) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 473431 Coming soon for Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: We will enhance these existing Microsoft Office 365 indicators: Downgrading sensitivity labels applied to SharePoint files Removing sensitivity labels from SharePoint files When this will happen: General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout, IRM only captures sensitivity label changes on the Microsoft SharePoint web app. After this rollout, IRM will capture sensitivity label changes (downgrade or remove) when performed on Microsoft OneDrive, Microsoft Azure Information Protection, or endpoints (SharePoint files opened in an Office app or any sensitivity label change on the local files on a user's device). Also, we will rename the indicators: Downgrading sensitivity labels applied to SharePoint files will become Downgrading sensitivity labels applied to files Removing sensitivity labels from SharePoint files will become Removing sensitivity labels from files In Activity explorer, events that occurred before this rollout for these indicators will continue to show Labels of sensitive files on SharePoint downgraded or Label of sensitive files removed on SharePoint. Events that occur after the rollout will be shown as Labels of sensitive files downgraded or Labels of sensitive files removed. No action is needed to enable these features. This feature will be on by default. The renamed indicators in the IRM policy wizard: Example of a new event for Downgrading sensitivity labels applied to files as shown in Activity explorer: What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your admins about this change and update any relevant documentation. 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 to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. MC1058262 — (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: Enhancements to global exclusions in IRM settings Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486826 and Roadmap ID 483485 Updated May 8, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management (IRM): Enhancements to IRM exclusions to reduce alert noise. When this will happen: Public Preview: We began rolling out mid-April 2025 and expect to complete by late April 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early June 2025 (previously late April) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously early May). How this will affect your organization: Customer can use this feature to tune down the noise Keyword logic update for email: An email will be excluded from scoring only when all the attachments match the keyword exclusions or email subject matches the keyword exclusions. This will be helpful to reduce the email signature noise that commonly contains keyword "image." Keyword exclusions on both target and source file paths: For signals like File copied to removable media, keyword exclusions apply on both target and source file paths. File path exclusions for removable media: We will start supporting file path exclusions for removable media. Exclusion support for browser: Domain exclusions will be supported for browsing indicators. These enhancements will be available by default for admins to configure. What you need to do to prepare: To get the most out of this feature, admins need to update the exclusion settings at IRM Settings > Global exclusions. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. 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 to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. MC1046161 — Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: New inline protection controls for AI apps in Microsoft Edge for Business Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 486368 Updated May 15, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention (DLP): We will introduce new inline protection capabilities for Microsoft Edge for Business that prevent data leakage for the various ways that users interact with sensitive data in the browser, including typing text directly into a web application or sending a prompt to a generative AI app. Inline protection is built natively into Edge for Business, meaning it can be enabled even without deploying Endpoint DLP, and the inline protection complements existing Endpoint DLP protections for uploading or pasting sensitive content to the browser. This capability will be available starting with several top consumer generative AI apps (ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and DeepSeek), and will expand to support a growing list of unmanaged apps over time. Learn more in our blog: Building layered protection: New Microsoft Purview data security controls for the browser & network | Microsoft Community Hub When this will happen: Public Preview: We will begin rolling out late May 2025 (previously early April) and expect to complete by early June 2025 (previously late April). We will update this message when the plan for General Availability is finalized. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, admins can block prompts typed by users containing sensitive data, starting with ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and DeepSeek. Inline protection can also leverage Adaptive Protection policy conditions for activities in generative AI apps. This rollout enables data security admins to tailor the level of enforcement to the risk level of the user interacting with the data, minimizing disruption to day-to-day AI usage. This change will be available by default for Admins to configure in Purview. Features aren't activated by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. We recommended informing Security admins and Edge admins at your organization about this change to DLP features. You may want to update any relevant documentation. MC1036579 — (Update) Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: A new Diagnostics experience in the new portal Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 469504 Updated May 14, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: Admins will be able to view and manage Diagnostics in the new Purview portal. Before this rollout, diagnostics are only available through Microsoft PowerShell cmdlets. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early May 2025 (previously mid-April) and expect to complete by mid-June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: Admins can find the new experience at: Purview portal > Information Protection > Diagnostics Purview portal > Data Loss Prevention > Diagnostics The PowerShell cmdlets will continue to be available after this rollout. This new experience will be on by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. MC1034582 — Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: "Paste to browser" prevention on macOS devices Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 483491 Updated June 3, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Purview | Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) will soon add support for restricting users from pasting sensitive content into web browsers on macOS devices using Microsoft Edge, Safari, Chrome, and Firefox. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by mid-July 2025 (previously early June). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, if you have already configured DLP policies to prevent users in your organization from pasting sensitive content into a supported web browser on a Windows device, the policies will automatically apply to a supported web browser on macOS devices also. This change will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Learn about Endpoint data loss prevention | Microsoft Learn MC1034577 — (Updated) Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: Full file evidence parity for macOS Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 483492 Updated May 8, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Microsoft Purview | Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP) will soon add support for copying an item that matches a DLP policy from onboarded macOS devices to a Microsoft Azure storage account. This rollout creates full file evidence parity for macOS. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 (previously late April) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, if you have already configured DLP policies for users in your organization to collect file evidence in Azure storage to protect Windows devices, the policies will automatically apply to macOS devices also. This change will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Learn about collecting files that match DLP policies from devices | Microsoft Learn MC1026220 — (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Endpoint Data Loss Prevention: Support for Just-in-time protection on MacOS devices Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 483354 Updated May 7, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Purview | Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (DLP): You will be able to use just-in-time (JIT) protection to block all egress activities on monitored files while waiting for policy evaluation to successfully complete. This message applies to macOS devices. For any organizations that have already configured DLP settings with JIT to protect Windows device, the policies will automatically apply to macOS devices also. When JIT protection is enabled, and while policy evaluation is processing, Endpoint DLP blocks all egress activities for each user whose account is in the selected scope. Endpoint DLP audits the egress activities for all user accounts that have been excluded (via the Exclude setting) or are otherwise not in scope. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). How this will affect your organization: This feature will be available by default for admins to configure. If your organization has already enabled JIT on your Windows device, your macOS devices will start getting the same protection. What you need to do to prepare: No change is required to your existing DLP settings. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users on macOS devices about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Using Endpoint DLP Just-in-time protection | Microsoft Learn MC1024388 — (Updated) Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Modern eDiscovery enhancements Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482558 Updated May 7, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are excited to announce several enhancements to the recently launched modernized eDiscovery experience. These updates include: Case Level Data Source View: Users can now access the case level data source view, which allows them to add data sources to the current case. These sources can be utilized in any searches or holds within the case. Enhanced Search and Hold Capabilities: Users will have the ability to duplicate a search, create a search from an existing hold, or create a hold from an existing search within the current case. Retry Failed Locations: The search statistics view now includes the option to retry failed locations, providing a more comprehensive search estimate. Detailed Process Reports: We are adding information related to compliance boundaries, case/export/search names, and decryption settings into the relevant process report CSVs. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-March 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). How this will affect your organization: eDiscovery users will start to see the relevant enhancements in the product, so internal documentation updates may be needed. What you need to do to prepare: Evaluate how this feature will impact your organization’s eDiscovery process and, if needed, modify your internal documents accordingly. For more information, see Learn about eDiscovery solutions | Microsoft Learn. Defender XDR MC1080684 — Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Introducing the new Take action wizard for Threat Explorer (GCC, GCC High, DoD) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488094 Coming soon for Microsoft Defender for Office 365: We will introduce a new Take action wizard to help security operations team members perform multiple response actions at once from Threat Explorer. Many security analyst teams use Explorer, Summary panel and Email entity to execute bulk email remediation actions. This new experience will enable more effective, smooth, and efficient remediation of threats. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: After the rollout of the new Take action wizard, you can perform multiple actions such as purging emails, inline submissions, triggering investigations, and Tenant Allow/Block List actions on up to 100 messages. Also, you will be able to initiate tenant-level actions to block URLs or file directly from Threat Explorer. You can also use the new wizard to perform bulk email remediation for more than 100 messages, but only one action can be executed at a time, such as triggering an email purge. Also, actions like tenant level block and submissions are not permitted for selections over 100. NOTE: Some actions will not be available in the wizard based on the current location of the message. If there is a conflict, the new experience provides more options, including the ability to turn choices on/off as desired to take proper action. Enhancements to the Email entity page and the Email summary panel: Step 1: Sign into the Microsoft 365 Defender portal. Step 2: Go to Threat Explorer > Email & Collaborations and select the emails that require action. Step 3: Select the Take action wizard. (Before this rollout, the next step was to choose from the Message actions menu. We removed this menu.) Step 4: This will open a new panel. Some actions will be grayed out depending on the latest delivery location of the message. Step 5: Tenant Allow/Block List actions are under Submissions, so when you select I’ve confirmed as threat, you will see a new Tenant Allow/Block List panel where you can choose multiple entities to block. Step 6: Choose the target entities. Step 7: Review the actions you have chosen and then submit. Step 8: You can access email purge remediation actions in the action center. What you need to do to prepare: A Search and Purge role is required to initiate email purge actions from the Email entity page. To initiate Tenant Allow/Block List actions from Explorer and summary panel and Email entity, please assign the necessary Exchange Online permission role as explained in Allow or block files using the Tenant Allow/Block List - Microsoft Defender for Office 365 | Microsoft Learn Learn more about the Search and Purge role: Microsoft Defender for Office 365 permissions in the Microsoft Defender portal - Microsoft Defender for Office 365 | Microsoft Learn This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your admins or users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Microsoft 365 Copilot MC1085134 — Microsoft Copilot Pages: New file extension for Copilot pages Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 494834 Coming soon: A new .page file extension for Microsoft Copilot Pages. This new file extension will continue to support admin toggles, sensitivity labels, data loss prevention, multi-geo storage, Microsoft Purview eDiscovery, version history, export, audit logs, and data subject requests. The functionality and support for the .page file extension will be identical to the existing .loop file extension. The only difference is the file extension name and file icon. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license or a Microsoft 365 license is required to access this feature. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, users searching for Copilot pages will see these files with the new .page extension and the new file icon. For a comprehensive list of features supported, refer to: Summary table of admin management, governance, lifecycle, and compliance capabilities based on experience The new file icon for .page: This change will be on by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change. Related Post: MC1056992 / Pages created in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will open in Microsoft 365 Copilot app (published April 2025) Learn more about admin controls for Pages: Copilot pages for IT Admins - Sep 2024 update | Microsoft Community Hub MC1084034 — Intelligent Recap Access for Multi-tenant Organization Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488298 Copilot users in a business-to-business multi-tenant organization set up can now view the intelligent meeting recap after the meeting from the resource tenant where the meeting was hosted. When this will happen: Public Preview: We will begin rolling out early-July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. General Availability: We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late-July 2025. How this will affect your organization: The new capability empowers users in multi-tenant setup to access meeting recap post meeting. What you need to do to prepare: No action required for either admin or users. Any Copilot users configured as a business-to-business user in a multi-tenant organization will have the capability after the launch. For additional information on B2B muti-tenant: Overview: B2B collaboration with external guests for your workforce MC1074972 — (Updated) Microsoft SharePoint: New web part for FAQs powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482198 Updated May 20, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft SharePoint: A new web part for FAQs, to help content owners keep their content fresh and relevant. Powered by Microsoft 365 Copilot, this new web part automatically curates FAQ content by working with agents and connected grounding data. With a human-in-the-loop approach, it ensures information stays accurate, relevant, and trustworthy, making it easier for all page visitors to find the answers they need. Copilot license requirements: Reading: All readers can view FAQ web part content without a Copilot license. Creating & Editing: A Copilot license is necessary for creating and editing content using Copilot features. This feature requires a SharePoint license and a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, authors can add the web part for FAQs directly to pages or news posts during editing: By selecting one or more grounding source files, AI will automatically generate FAQ content, reducing the time and effort needed for manual creation of FAQs. The web part currently supports FAQ types such as Event, Product, and Policy, with the option for authors to provide additional descriptions to guide more targeted content generation. FAQs created using the web part can be indexed for search and shared via email, making it easier to distribute consistent, up-to-date information to your organization. This change will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. MC1073094 — Microsoft Outlook: Summarize email attachments with Copilot Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 475249 Soon, users will be able to summarize PDF, Microsoft Word (.docx), and Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx) email attachments with Copilot in Outlook. The new feature will be available in Microsoft Outlook for the web, the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows desktop, Microsoft Outlook for Android/iOS, and the new Microsoft Outlook for Mac desktop. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to access this feature. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, users will be able to pick a classic attachment from the email thread and summarize it with Copilot by selecting Summarize in the attachment's three-dot context menu or in the attachment's Preview, or by selecting Summarize a file in the Summary by Copilot card. The Copilot summary will display below the existing email summary inside the Summary by Copilot card: We do not support encrypted files or files protected by Microsoft Information Protection (MIP). This feature will be available by default for users with a Copilot license, but this feature will respect the Copilot control toggle setting in Outlook. Users who have turned off this toggle will not see this feature. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Summarize an email thread with Copilot in Outlook - Microsoft Support (will be updated before rollout) #newoutlookforwindows MC1070847 — Sharing with Copilot summary - Now supporting PowerPoint, Excel, PDFs, Images, .txt, and protected files Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 490156 We’re excited to announce two major enhancements to sharing files with Copilot Summary: Broader file types and endpoint support: Sharing with Copilot summary now supports more file types, including PowerPoint web, Excel web, PDF, images, and text (.txt) files, across OneDrive web, SharePoint Document Library, and M365 File Previewer. Support for protected files: Files labeled as protected or confidential can now be summarized. This is especially valuable for customers that apply a default sensitive label to all documents, enabling them to use this feature while keeping data protected at all times. These enhancements represent a significant step forward in broadening access to capabilities and making sharing more collaborative and impactful in daily collaboration. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 and expect to complete by mid-June 2025. How this affects your organization: When sharing Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, image (.png, .jpeg), or text (.txt) files via the web, users will have the option to generate a file summary by clicking the Copilot button inside the share dialog. The generated summary will be automatically included in the share notification email sent to the intended recipients. What you can do to prepare: You may consider updating your training and documentation as appropriate. MC1068906 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams: Microsoft 365 Copilot for phone without transcription Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 482745 Updated May 30, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We are releasing a new feature that enables users to leverage Copilot's capabilities during live call sessions without retaining transcripts or an audio recording afterward. This ensures that users can benefit from Copilot during sensitive conversations where a persistent record is not desired. Post-call Copilot functions, such as recap, will not be available after the call concludes. When this will happen: Targeted release: We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: Users who have transcription turned off will be now able to use Copilot. What you need to do to prepare: Admin settings will be made available as part of the Calling policy to allow admins to configure the setting for their users. More details to follow. MC1068268 — Account Switcher for Copilot Tab on iOS and Android Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 490213 You can now switch between accounts on the Copilot chat tab on iOS and Android. Simply swipe left to open the left-navigation and select from the list of supported accounts. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out in early June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. How this will affect your organization: Currently, users are only able to access the Copilot Chat tab with their default account or privacy, even if they have other accounts that support Copilot. With account-switching on iOS and Android, users will be able to access Copilot Chat from other accounts that support Copilot, enabling them to access their chat history and graph data associated with those accounts. iOS: Android: What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC1056264 — (Updated) Microsoft PowerPoint: Reference a TXT file when creating a presentation with Microsoft 365 Copilot Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488795, Roadmap ID 488796, and Roadmap ID 488794 Updated May 14, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. April 18, 2025: After further review we have decided not to proceed with GCC at this time. We also have updated the rollout timeline below. We apologize for any inconvenience When creating a presentation in Copilot for Microsoft PowerPoint, users will be able to reference TXT files in addition to Microsoft Word files. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use this feature. This message applies to PowerPoint for Windows desktop, PowerPoint for Mac desktop, and PowerPoint on the web. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-May 2025 (previously early May) and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously mid-May). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, users can see TXT files when searching for files that Copilot can use to create a presentation. Select the Copilot icon from the PowerPoint ribbon, choose Create a presentation from [file], and search for TXT files by file name or paste the URL of your TXT file from Microsoft OneDrive or Microsoft SharePoint. This feature will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to assess the impact on your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Create a new presentation with Copilot in PowerPoint - Microsoft Support (will be updated before rollout) MC1036580 — (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat for GCC customers Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 464984 Updated May 12, 2025: We are currently preparing for availability and would like to share more details regarding timing. We now expect Copilot Chat to begin rolling out in early June 2025 and expect to complete the rollout by the end of June. Thank you for your patience and we will continue to share any further updates as we can. Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (“Copilot Chat”) will be available by default at no additional cost for Entra account users with an eligible Microsoft 365 subscription: Microsoft 365 F1, F3, G3, or G5 Office 365 F1, F3, G3, or G5 Copilot Chat will be available by default from the web. It will also be available and pinned by default in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app (web, desktop), Teams (web, desktop), and Outlook (web, desktop). If Copilot Chat availability for any of these entry points changes, we will inform you. Web grounding in Copilot Chat will be off by default unless you have explicitly allowed for web grounding using the “Allow web search in Copilot” policy. Note: This only applies to GCC cloud. Copilot Chat availability for GCC High and DoD will be communicated later. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out early June 2025 (previously mid-May). How this will affect your organization: Users will be able to access Copilot Chat from the web, and in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, Outlook, and Teams. Copilot Chat offers: Secure, enterprise-ready AI chat powered by models like GPT-4o. o Note: Web grounding will be off by default unless you have explicitly allowed for web grounding using the “Allow web search in Copilot” policy. When web grounding is off, users will be alerted via a notification in the UI and Copilot will only use the LLM to provide a response. IT controls for data governance, including enterprise data protection. Note: Agents will not be available initially. Agent availability will be communicated later. What you need to do to prepare: Once Copilot Chat rolls out and is available in your tenant, you will be able to manage user access across entry points. To block access to Copilot Chat, refer to the documentation: Removing access to Copilot Chat. To block access from the web, and in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app and Outlook, refer to Step 2. To block access in Teams, refer to Step 3. Note: As Copilot Chat will be pinned by default in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, Outlook, and Teams once available, you do not need to implement Step 1. Additionally, Copilot Chat will not be available initially through the Microsoft Edge sidebar, so you do not need to implement Step 4. Web grounding in Copilot Chat is off by default unless you have explicitly allowed for web grounding using the “Allow web search in Copilot” policy. To manage web grounding in Copilot Chat, please refer to our documentation here. To help your organization get the most out of the Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, we have updated the Copilot Success Kit and added the new Copilot Chat and Agent Starter Kit. This includes: Copilot Chat user training guide to help your users get started with Copilot Chat and understand how to access it. Copilot Chat and agent IT set up and controls guide to plan, deploy, manage, and measure Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in your organization. User engagement templates in a variety of formats—including email, Viva Engage, and Teams—that you can leverage to communicate updates and new features to your users. Note: You can customize these assets to remove content about agents since agents are not available initially. Please also refer to documentation for Copilot Chat here: Overview of Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat MC1020218 — (Updated) Microsoft Viva Connections: New News feature in Microsoft Teams Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 472018 Updated May 20, 2025: The rollout of the feature on Viva Connections in Teams mobile will now be completed by end June 2025. The feature is generally available on Viva Connections in Teams desktop and Teams web platforms. We are evolving the Feed experience in Microsoft Viva Connections for Microsoft Teams. Instead of the Feed, people in your organization will soon see a Microsoft SharePoint News experience in Viva Connections, for a fresh new look that simplifies the user experience. Learn more: Introducing enterprise news reader in Viva connections | Microsoft Community Hub Watch video (14:12 min) This message applies to Viva Connections in Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for iOS/Android, and Teams for the web, with this exception: This rollout will also include a Microsoft 365 Copilot-powered summary experience initially available only in Teams for Windows desktop. Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed users will have an additional option to generate a Copilot summary of the top 10 (or fewer) items in a user's News feed. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use this summarization feature in the news feed. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early March 2025 and expect to complete by mid-March 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). Due to the nature of rollout technology across various platforms, some users may see the new experience sooner than others or in one platform first before the others. How this will affect your organization: Users will see recommended SharePoint News based on the sites they follow, frequently access, posts by people they work with, and other trending sites. As always, users will only see news they have appropriate permissions for, and if a news item is audience-targeted, the News feed will honor that and filter out news items. Boosted news and news from your organization's news sites will always be prioritized at the top of the News feed. Users can like news items in their feed and save them for later. They will have an immersive news experience in Viva Connections, without leaving Teams to read new content for individual sites they follow. This change will be on by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. MC1003344 — (Updated) Microsoft Copilot: File summary in Microsoft Teams chat Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 418564 Updated May 13, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Users will be able to summarize files with Summarize for me using Microsoft Copilot within one-on-one or group Microsoft Teams chats. This feature will work on common file types like Word and PDF initially, and other file formats will be added over time. This summarization respects the file's security policies, ensuring that only users with access to the file receive a summary, which will carry the same sensitivity label as the original file. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use this feature. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 and expect to complete by early August 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out late July 2025 and expect to complete by early August 2025. How this will affect your organization: Users will be able to summarize files with Summarize for me in Copilot within Teams chats. This feature will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. Outlook MC1085132 — Microsoft Outlook for Android: Users can apply categories to emails Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 493945 Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook for Android: Users will be able to assign categories to emails and remove categories they have previously assigned to their emails. They will also be able to view categories in the message list and reading pane. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by mid-July 2025. With this feature, users will be able to add or remove categories on emails using conversation actions in the reading pane, using multiselect through long press in the message list, and as a new swipe action. Users will also be able to filter the message list by category. Finally, users will be able to see assigned categories on their emails in both the message list (left) and the reading pane (right): This new feature will be available by default for users to apply. What you need to do to prepare: This change will happen automatically by the specified date. No admin action is required. Please notify your users about this change and update your documentation to prepare your help desk. MC1084640 — Microsoft Outlook for iOS/Android: New formatting options for composing emails Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 411581 In response to feedback from you, our customers, we will add support for even more formatting options when composing in the Microsoft Outlook apps for iOS or Android. Users will be able to choose font size, set a default font, as well as clearing and painting formatting. As admins, you will have new options for configuring default formatting settings for the users in your organization. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025. How this will affect your organization: Users will have an option to update font size (left and center) and will be able to access to format painter and format eraser (right) from the formatting toolbar while composing: Users will be able to set a default font and size in the app settings using this sequence (left to right): The new options will be available by default. Organizational admins can manage default settings for users in your organization with an app configuration setting from your mobile application management solution such as Microsoft Intune. Learn more: Deploying Outlook for iOS and Android app configuration settings in Exchange Online | Microsoft Learn What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. MC1079737 — New Microsoft Outlook for Windows: Add custom sounds for new mail notifications, mail reactions, and Calendar reminders Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 491019 Coming soon to the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows desktop: In the Notification settings, users will be able to add a custom sound for new mail notifications, mail reactions, and Calendar notifications (also known as Calendar reminders). When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out late June and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: The setting will be available by default. Users can find the three new options in Outlook Settings. For new mail notifications: Settings > General > Notifications > Mail > New mail > Play sound: For mail reactions: Settings > General > Notifications > Mail > Reactions > Play sound: For Calendar notifications: Settings > General > Notifications > Calendar > Event Reminders > Play sound: What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. #newoutlookforwindows MC1072411 — (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS: Updated conversation actions Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 492627 Updated June 3, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Note: If your organization does not support iOS, you can safely ignore this message. Before this rollout, when viewing an email message, a user can access the available conversation actions in Microsoft Outlook for iOS in the top right corner of the screen. After this rollout, these actions will be at the bottom of the screen. The user will be able to customize the order and placement of the actions to suit their needs. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will gradually begin rolling out early June 2025 (previously early July) and expect to complete by early January 2026. How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, actions formerly found in the top right of the reading pane (such as Mark unread, Pin, Delete, and Archive) will move to a toolbar at the bottom of the reading pane: Users can customize the order of these actions and choose which actions will be visible in the toolbar and which should stay in the three-dot menu, with the toolbar displaying as many actions as space allows. Left: Reorder conversation actions in the Customize actions pane, which users can access from the three-dot menu in the toolbar at the bottom of the reading pane. Right: Conversation actions in the three-dot menu: This consistent layout will help users build muscle memory, as actions will remain in the same positions across accounts and message views. To maintain consistency across different accounts and views, inaccessible actions will be visibly disabled, lowering the chances of triggering unintentional actions. This change will be on by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Before rollout, we will update this post with new documentation. MC1068276 — (Updated) Create, Delete, Rename, and Move Folders in Outlook for iOS and Android Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 489831 Updated May 20, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. In Outlook on iOS and Android you will now be able to more easily create, delete, rename, and move folders on the mobile app. From your inbox, tap the Edit icon in the sidebar. Tap on any folder to create a subfolder, or rename, move, and delete that folder. You can also rearrange and nest your folders by dragging and dropping them. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out on early June 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late July 2025 (previously late June). How this will affect your organization: Once available, users will have the ability to create, rename, move, and delete folders more easily on mobile. To do so, users need to open the left-navigation and tap the Edit icon to open the edit favorites/folder menu. Create folders and subfolders: Users can create a folder by tapping "+Create Folder" or by tapping on a folder to create a subfolder. Rename existing folders: User should open the Edit menu, tap on a folder, and tap rename. Move folders: Users can move folders into other folders by tapping on a folder, selecting Move, and then choosing the destination folder. Drag and drop a folder into another folder by pressing and holding the folder row, then dragging it to where you want it. Reorder folders by simply dragging and dropping them in your preferred order. Note: Drag handles (three horizontal lines) will be added next to each folder to make reordering more accessible. These handles are the same ones currently used for reordering items in your Favorites list, although they are not shown for the Folders section in these mocks. Delete folders: User should open the Edit menu, tap on a folder, and tap delete. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC1066439 — (Updated) New Microsoft Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the web: Jump to a message in the message list Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 490058 Updated May 14, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for new Microsoft Outlook for Windows desktop and Microsoft Outlook for the web: Users will be able to type text and jump to the next message in the message list. For example, when the message list is sorted by sender with From, users will be able to type "Philip" to jump to the first message where the sender is "Philip." When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 (previously early May) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously mid-June). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, users will be able to enter text to jump to a message. This includes jumping to a date when sorted by Date, jumping to a sender when sorted by From, jumping to a category when sorted by Category, and so on. This change will be on by default. As an example, when a user has their message list sorted by sender with From, the user can select the arrow icon to reveal the new Type to jump to a sender option to jump to a specific sender: What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. #newoutlookforwindows MC1060466 — (Updated) Microsoft Excel: Python in Excel will be generally available in Excel for Mac (GCC) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 489216 Updated May 29, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Python in Excel allows you to bring the capabilities of Python directly into the Microsoft Excel grid. With this rollout, Python in Excel with standard compute will be generally available in Excel for Mac. MC980798 (Updated) Microsoft Excel: Python in Excel will be generally available in Excel for Windows (GCC) (published January 2025, updated February 2025). When this will happen: General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out to Excel for Mac early June 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by late June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, eligible users will be able to add Python formulas to their workbooks without any installation required. These Python formulas will be run by Excel in a secure container on the Microsoft Cloud with enterprise-level security and with standard compute. With this release, eligible Excel users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license will also be able to use the Copilot in Excel with Python feature, enabling them to leverage the capabilities of AI and Python in Excel for deeper data analysis. Note: Some premium Python compute will be included with each user’s Microsoft 365 subscription each month, giving them limited access to faster calculation speeds. After they have used all their premium compute, they can continue to use the Python in Excel feature with standard Python compute. To get more premium compute, admins will be able to purchase the Python in Excel add-on license for their users after it becomes available later this year for GCC. We will send a separate message with the timeline for the rollout of the Python in Excel add-on license. The Python in Excel feature will be enabled by default. What you need to do to prepare: To learn more about Python in Excel, please review the Python in Excel documentation. To learn more about data security: Data security and Python in Excel - Microsoft Support This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update relevant documentation. MC1041965 — (Updated) Microsoft Excel: Python in Excel will be generally available in Excel for the web (GCC) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 485764 Updated May 29, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Python in Excel allows you to bring the capabilities of Python directly into the Microsoft Excel grid. With this rollout, Python in Excel with standard compute will be generally available in Excel for the web. MC980798 (Updated) Microsoft Excel: Python in Excel will be generally available in Excel for Windows (GCC) (published January 2025, updated February 2025). When this will happen: General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out to Excel for the web mid-June 2025 (previously early May) and expect to complete by mid-July 2025 (previously mid-May). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, eligible users will be able to add Python formulas to their workbooks without any installation required. These Python formulas will be run by Excel in a secure container on the Microsoft Cloud with enterprise-level security and with standard compute. With this release, eligible Excel users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license will also be able to use the Copilot in Excel with Python feature, enabling them to leverage the capabilities of AI and Python in Excel for deeper data analysis. Note: Some premium Python compute will be included with each user’s Microsoft 365 subscription each month, giving them limited access to faster calculation speeds. After they have used all their premium compute, they can continue to use the Python in Excel feature with standard Python compute. To get more premium compute, admins will be able to purchase the Python in Excel add-on license for their users after it becomes available later this year for GCC. We will send a separate message with the timeline for the rollout of the Python in Excel add-on license. The Python in Excel feature will be enabled by default. What you need to do to prepare: To learn more about Python in Excel, please review the Python in Excel documentation. To learn more about data security: Data security and Python in Excel - Microsoft Support This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update relevant documentation. MC1041465 — (Updated) New Microsoft Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web: Optimized hover actions in the message list Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 429868 Updated May 20, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. In new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web, the hover actions in the message list will be moved to the Sender/From column to be more space-efficient and minimize unnecessary mouse travel for users with their Reading Pane set to Hide or Bottom. The large width occupied by the DateTime Received column will thus be reduced. For all users, a one-time shortcut to change/set your hover actions will be provided. After the changes to the hover actions, the first action will be replaced by a quick button (gear button) to change/set your hover actions. After that button has been triggered once, it will disappear, and your hover action settings will kick in fully. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete by early July 2025 (previously late May). General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 (previously late May) and expect to complete by late July 2025 (previously late June). How this will affect your organization: For new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web, hover actions in the message list will be moved to the Sender/From column to reduce the large width occupied by the DateTime Received column. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. #newoutlookforwindows MC1041456 — (Updated) New Microsoft Outlook and Outlook for the web: New setting to enable two-click view for encrypted emails Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 483883 Updated June 3, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. New Outlook for Windows desktop and Outlook for the web will soon support a two-click view for encrypted emails, which requires user confirmation before allowing access to encrypted emails. As an admin, you can enable the two-click feature for your users. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early April 2025 and expect to complete by late April 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out early May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): For Android and iOS, we will begin rolling out mid-June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025. How this will affect your organization: With this two-click feature enabled, users will be required to select View message for every encrypted email, and then the email will render. This feature ensures that users deliberately access encrypted email content, reducing the risk of accidental exposure, especially in unsecured environments like public spaces or during screen sharing. Admins can find the TwoClickMailPreviewEnabled setting in the Microsoft Azure directory. This setting is a Boolean type with default = 0, which means the experience is disabled by default. To enable the feature for all users in your tenant, set value = 1. Alternatively, you can access and set the value for this setting using the Microsoft PowerShell cmdlet -Set-OrganizationConfiguration in the Microsoft Exchange Online PowerShell. Learn more: Exchange Online PowerShell | Microsoft Learn By default, the two-click setting is off. What you need to do to prepare: No action is required from admins unless you want to enable this feature. This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation if you plan to enable this feature. #newoutlookforwindows MC1022526 — (Updated) Microsoft Outlook on the web: Optional connected experiences privacy setting Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 467248 Updated May 7, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. The user privacy setting for optional connected experiences, already available in other Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft 365 apps, will soon be available in Microsoft Outlook on the web. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early March 2025 and expect to complete by late March 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out in early April 2025 and expect to be complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). How this will affect your organization: After the rollout, to configure the privacy setting for optional connected experiences, users can go to Settings > General > Privacy and data > Privacy settings. On the Privacy settings screen, select the toggle for Turn on optional connected experiences. This privacy setting applies across all devices where users are signed in with the same work or school account. As an admin, if you have already made optional connected experiences available to your users in the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center, this setting will be turned on for Outlook on the web when users receive this rollout. Learn more: Use policy settings to manage privacy controls for Office for the web applications - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn Overview of Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365 - Microsoft 365 Apps | Microsoft Learn NOTE: If a user has already turned off this setting in another Outlook or Microsoft 365 app, this setting in Outlook on the web will also be turned off when the user receives this rollout. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. Review your current configuration to determine the impact for your organization. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more About privacy controls for optional connected experiences: Overview of privacy controls for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise (will be updated before rollout) About Office on the web policy settings, including the new settings for Outlook on the web: Use policy settings to manage privacy controls for Office for the web applications (will be updated before rollout) MC947045 — (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Attach emails while composing an email Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 464206 Updated June 3, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android users: In response to customer requests, we are rolling out the ability to attach emails directly in the compose window. This enhancement allows users to include individual emails as attachments in new messages, facilitating seamless sharing and providing more context for recipients. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out late January 2025 (previously early January) and expect to complete by mid-June 2025 (previously late May). How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout, users can forward emails as attachments but cannot attach emails while composing. After this rollout, users will notice a new Attach email option when they select the paper clip attachment icon in the compose window. Users can select this option to browse for, choose, and attach individual emails to their new message. This change is available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This change will happen automatically by the specified date. No admin action is required. Please notify your users about this change, update relevant documentation. MC946791 — (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Minimize the compose window to multitask in the Outlook app Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 470304 Updated May 7, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Minimize draft emails and quickly access them again from the message list or calendar view. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out early January 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). How this will affect your organization: Outlook will help you compose emails more quickly and efficiently by allowing you to minimize your draft emails and quickly access them again from the message list or calendar view. This means that while composing an email you can easily get information you need from your calendar or other emails and easily get back into the draft you are working on without ever having to go to the Draft folder. To start, select the minimize icon in the upper right corner. This change will be on by default. What you need to do to prepare: This change will happen automatically by the specified date. No admin action is required. Please notify your users about this change and update relevant documentation. MC917748 — (Updated) Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook: Name pronunciation on the profile card Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 420329 Updated May 29, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. We will be starting roll out of the feature to Production on Tuesday 13th May 2025. The roll out should take a week and a half to complete to 100%. Admins who have toggled the feature ON should expect the feature to be available on the Profile card for users to record. " Updated April 29, 2025: We have now shipped the admin control, the name pronunciation feature is OFF by default so admins will need to toggle it ON. The instructions in this support document explain how to turn the feature on. Important! Starting from April 29, 2025, if you haven't turned the name pronunciation feature ON, any existing recordings on profile cards will be deleted. Your users will need to re-record their name pronunciation. The admin toggle for Name Pronunciation is rolling out to Production starting this week. Admins will be required to configure in the admin center to avoid loss of data. Instructions to configure are in this support article. Please expect the admin toggle in the admin center starting the week of April 14th through April 18th, 2025. We will be shipping to preview without the admin toggle however an admin toggle will be available before general availability. If there are concerns or your organisation wants to opt out, please raise an incident to address this. Coming soon to Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Teams: A name pronunciation feature on the profile card in Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Outlook. This new feature helps promote diversity by giving working colleagues relevant information about each other. Names are a crucial part of a person’s identity. The incorrect pronunciation of a person’s name can lead to anxiety and offense in some cases. Correctly pronouncing a person’s name helps to create an inclusive environment. Pronunciation data is stored in each user's mailbox until the user deletes the recording. Learn more: Data Residency for Exchange Online - Microsoft 365 Enterprise | Microsoft Learn This message applies to Teams for Windows desktop, Teams for Mac desktop, new Outlook for Windows desktop, and new Outlook for web. When this will happen: Targeted Release: We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 and expect to complete by late November 2024. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late March 2025 (previously mid-January) and expect to complete by early June 2025 (previously mid-May). How this will affect your organization: After this rollout, users can record and share the correct pronunciation of their name on their profile card. With a click, users can play and listen to name pronunciations recorded by their colleagues. To open a profile card in Outlook, double-click a name in the To or From field in any sent or received email. To open your profile card in Teams, select your profile photo in the upper right corner of the screen, and then select your name. To listen to a colleague's recorded pronunciation, select the speaker icon on their profile card. To record the pronunciation of a name, open your profile card in Outlook or Teams, and select the microphone icon: What you need to do to prepare: This feature is off by default. As an admin, you can enable the feature in Microsoft Graph using these instructions: namePronunciationSettings resource type - Microsoft Graph beta | Microsoft Learn Before rollout, we will update this post with revised documentation. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. #newoutlookforwindows MC882252 — (Updated) New Microsoft Outlook for Windows: Sharing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint local files through email Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 397094 Updated May 7, 2025: After further review, we are not able to continue rolling this out at this time until July 2025. We apologize for any inconvenience. Coming soon to new Microsoft Outlook: Users will be able to share Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint files stored on their device (not stored in a cloud like Microsoft OneDrive) from new Outlook for Windows. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 (previously early October) and expect to complete by late October 2025 (previously late August). How this will affect your organization: Before this rollout, users are only able to see old Outlook for Windows when they try to share a Word, Excel or PowerPoint fie. After this rollout, when users want to share a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file that is saved to their device (not stored in a cloud like Microsoft OneDrive), the user can right-click the file name in File Explorer, select Share, and select new Outlook for Windows to email the file. This option is on by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. MC847877 — (Updated) Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Choose fonts while composing Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 409969 Updated May 1, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: We will add support for choosing fonts while composing emails. We will also improve support for fonts while reading emails. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High): We will begin rolling out mid-November 2024 (previously mid-October) and expect to complete by late May 2025 (previously late April). How this will affect your organization: When this update rolls out, users will be able to select fonts to use in emails, signatures, automatic replies, and calendar invitations: What you need to do to prepare: You might want to notify your users about this new capability and update your training and documentation as appropriate. Exchange Online MC1085578 — Action required: Update Exchange Server and configure the dedicated Exchange hybrid application Starting with the April 2025 Hotfix Update (HU), Exchange Server supports the use of a dedicated Exchange hybrid application in your tenant’s Entra ID. If you have Exchange Server hybrid deployments and use features such as calendar Free/Busy, MailTips, and user profile picture sharing between your on-premises hosted mailboxes and Exchange Online users, you will need to move to using the dedicated Exchange hybrid application. When this will happen: Starting October 2025, Exchange Online will no longer support the shared service principal for these rich coexistence features. How this affects your organization: Note: Administrative action is required to maintain support for rich coexistence features between Exchange Server and Exchange Online functionality beyond this date. Admins must do the following before October 2025: Update all Exchange servers to one of the supported versions listed below, or newer. Configure the new dedicated Exchange Hybrid application in Entra ID and enable the feature in Exchange Server. Exchange Server 2019 CU15 - April 2025 HU - 15.2.1748.24 Exchange Server 2019 CU14 - April 2025 HU - 15.2.1544.25 Exchange Server 2016 CU23 - April 2025 HU - 15.1.2507.55 Setup guidance More information about the requirements and how to configure the dedicated Exchange Hybrid application can be found in the documentation: Deploy dedicated Exchange hybrid app What happens if no action is taken by October 2025? Rich coexistence functionality between on-premises and Exchange Online users will stop working. This includes the following key scenarios: Calendar Free/Busy lookups will fail MailTips will stop working Profile pictures lookups will fail Who is affected? This change applies only to customers running Exchange Hybrid environments (Exchange Server connected to Exchange Online) and who require rich coexistence between users with on-premises mailboxes and users who have Exchange Online mailboxes (specific features: Free/Busy lookups, MailTips and profile picture sharing). The full announcement and additional background information can be found in our blog post: Exchange Server Security Changes for Hybrid Deployments. Need support? If you need help or have questions, please contact your Microsoft account team or raise a support ticket. MC1084635 — Event Updates visible in email Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 491018 If an organizer updates an event that you have been invited to, you will now see Event Updated in the email and the updated location if applicable. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out on early June 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (GCC): We will begin rolling out on early June 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out on early June 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out on early June 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025. How this will affect your organization: Users will now understand that their event is being updated when receiving event related emails, when applicable. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically with no admin action required. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate. MC1081538 — Important Update to the Get-FederationInformation Cmdlet in Exchange Online To enhance security and reduce potential data exposure, we are updating the behavior of the Get-FederationInformation cmdlet in Exchange Online. This change limits the scope of domain data returned by the cmdlet. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC-High, DoD): Rollout will begin in mid-June 2025 and is expected to complete by late June 2025. How this affects your organization: Previously, the Get-FederationInformation cmdlet returned all federated domain information in the DomainNames field. After this update, the cmdlet will only return domain information that is explicitly passed as a parameter. This change may impact scripts or tools that rely on retrieving all federated domains by default. There is no change to the cmdlet’s availability or core functionality—only the scope of data returned is affected. What you can do to prepare: Review any automation, scripts, or tools that use the Get-FederationInformation cmdlet to ensure they explicitly pass the required domain(s) as parameters. Communicate this change to your Exchange Online administrators and support teams to avoid confusion or unexpected results. For more details, refer to the official blog post: Important Update to the Get-FederationInformation Cmdlet in Exchange Online MC1070184 — Microsoft Exchange Online: Check for usage of legacy Exchange tokens before they retire As part of Microsoft’s Secure Future Initiative, we began disabling legacy Microsoft Exchange Online tokens in February 2025. Our telemetry shows you may have temporarily re-enabled these tokens using the Set-AuthenticationPolicy Microsoft PowerShell command. Key dates June 2025: Legacy Exchange Online tokens will be permanently disabled for all tenants. Add-ins relying on these tokens—especially for user identification, Microsoft Exchange Web Services (EWS), or Microsoft Outlook REST API calls—will probably stop working. Re-enabling will only be possible through a Microsoft-approved exemption. October 2025: Full retirement of legacy Exchange Online user identity and callback tokens across all Microsoft 365 tenants with no exemptions. If your Outlook add-ins use legacy tokens, you must migrate to NAA (nested app authentication) and Entra ID tokens as soon as possible to ensure continued functionality. Recommended actions Run a scream test now. As soon as possible, temporarily disable legacy Exchange Online tokens to identify any Outlook add-ins that may break soon. This will help you discover issues before the June 2025 cutoff. For step-by-step guidance, see the Outlook legacy tokens deprecation FAQ. Contact add-in publishers. Microsoft has worked with many Outlook add-in publishers to update their add-ins to use Entra ID tokens and Microsoft Graph. If any affected add-ins are discovered in your environment, contact their publishers to understand their migration plans. Note: If your organization has developed and published custom Outlook add-ins, you may need to coordinate updates internally. This retirement impacts all Outlook add-ins that request a legacy Exchange Online token to identify the user, or make Exchange Web Services (EWS) calls, or Outlook REST API calls. This message applies to new and classic Outlook for Windows desktop, Outlook for Mac desktop, Outlook for the web, and Outlook for iOS/Android. This message only applies to Exchange Online and doesn’t apply to Exchange on-premises. Where do I get more information? We regularly update the Outlook legacy tokens deprecation FAQ, which contains information about tools and how to upgrade add-ins. Check the Q&A section for Microsoft 365 administrators and share the FAQ with any developers who need to update custom Outlook add-ins using legacy Exchange Online tokens. Learn more Nested app authentication and Outlook legacy tokens deprecation FAQ - Office Add-ins | Microsoft Learn Turn legacy Exchange Online tokens on or off - Office Add-ins | Microsoft Learn Enable single sign-on in an Office Add-in with nested app authentication - Office Add-ins | Microsoft Learn Office-Add-in-samples/Samples/auth/Outlook-Add-in-SSO-NAA at main · OfficeDev/Office-Add-in-samples · GitHub If you have feedback for our team about tools for legacy Exchange Online tokens, please let us know in our Tenant Information Survey. MC1066337 — (Updated) Microsoft Exchange Online: Introducing ActorInfoString in Exchange Online audit logs Updated May 12, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon: ActorInfoString, a new audit log field in Microsoft Exchange Online (EXO) designed to improve the accuracy, clarity, and depth of your audit logs. ActorInfoString records the true user agent responsible for each audited event, giving security and compliance teams increased visibility into actions performed in your Exchange Online environment. This update builds on the existing audit schema by capturing more granular information about clients, devices, and applications involved in audited operations. When this will happen: General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late May 2025 and expect to complete by late May 2025. How this will affect your organization: Once enabled, ActorInfoString will appear as a new field in your Exchange Online audit logs, alongside existing fields such as ClientInfoString. This addition provides an unambiguous record of which client, device, or application performed a given operation, supporting better investigation of incidents, improved detection of suspicious activity, and strengthened compliance reporting. Existing audit schema fields, records, and integrations will remain unchanged, ensuring a seamless transition without service impact or data loss. After this rollout, change administrators will see these key improvements: Clarity: Easily reveal the true user agent behind every action in your logs. Better security: Accelerate investigation and threat detection by tracing the actual source of actions. Compliance: Enhance your audit trails to more effectively meet regulatory standards. Future-readiness: Prepare your monitoring and log analysis for evolving audit needs. Use the following to find the new field: Access the Audit Logs: Go to the Microsoft Purview compliance portal: https://compliance.microsoft.com Navigate to Audit > Audit Search Search for Exchange Online Activities: Use filters to narrow down to Exchange Online activities. You can specify date ranges, users, or specific operations. Example of how ActorInfoString should appear for admins: ee33-4930-9efd-2b7f2c8183b7","RecordType" : 50, “Resultstatus" : "Succeeded","UserKey":"1c6b6 ActorInfoString" : “Client-REST ;Client-RESTSystem;UserAgent-[NoUserAgent] [Appld-1c6b689d-1] What you need to do to prepare: No action is required before rollout. However, we recommend reviewing your log collection and analysis tools to ensure they are ready to consume the new ActorInfoString field. This update is non-disruptive and will not alter your existing audit data or integrations. We will update this message with official documentation and release notes that will provide additional details and best practices for leveraging the new field. Microsoft 365 MC1087098 — Microsoft 365: Retiring and modernizing the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel for Windows desktop apps To help organizations stay current and benefit from the latest Microsoft 365 innovation, we are modernizing the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel to streamline update options and align with evolving customer needs. These changes simplify channel management and encourage broader adoption of update cadences that deliver features and security updates more efficiently. This message applies to Windows desktop apps. What’s changing Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel Preview and Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel Extended will be retired Devices currently on Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel Preview will not receive updates after July 8, 2025. Support for Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel Extended will end March 10, 2026. Feature previews are now available through Current Channel and Monthly Enterprise Channel. Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel support will be simplified Starting July 8, 2025, the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel will move to a 6+2-month lifecycle (6 months of feature updates followed by 2 months of rollback support). This channel will be reserved for specialized non-attended scenarios where more frequent updates are not practical. Monthly Enterprise Channel improvements Starting June 1, 2025, the Monthly Enterprise Channel will support N, N-1, and N-2 builds, giving admins greater flexibility during deployment validation. All update channels will continue to receive security updates on Patch Tuesday. What you need to do Now is the time to evaluate your update strategy: Migrate devices off the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel Preview to ensure they continue receiving security updates. Move interactive or user-facing devices to the Monthly Enterprise Channel for a more modern, validated experience. For any remaining devices on the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel, plan to follow the twice-yearly update cycle in January and July. Learn more: Overview of update channels for Microsoft 365 Apps MC1081598 — Microsoft 365 web app: Name update to “Microsoft 365 Copilot” and updated UI Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 494998 Beginning late June 2025, the Microsoft 365 app will update to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, including a refreshed navigation pane and simplified UI. These updates apply to the web endpoint only, accessible from: https://www.ohome.apps.mil Please refer to MC1051092 for previously communicated updates for the Microsoft 365 app that these updates will build on. When this will happen: General Availability (DoD, web only): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete by early July 2025. How this will affect your organization: All users will see the new app name, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and a refreshed UI. The individual user experience in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app will vary based on if a user has a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. The Microsoft 365 Copilot license will be available for DoD in late June 2025. Users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license: Refreshed Navigation Pane – The left navigation pane will include essential modules like Search, Create, and Apps. Users can pin and unpin apps to customize their workspace. Search – With this update, Search replaces the Home module. Search will have a refreshed UI, displaying key files in dedicated sections for easier access and a search bar to help them quickly find what they need. User with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license: Includes the updates listed above along with additional specific modules for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license: Chat – Chat has been streamlined for a simplified experience with an updated collapsable left navigation page for quick access to chat history and Copilot pages. The input box will be located in the center of the UI with prompt suggestions below it. Users will have access to Work chat to reason over their files and web search (grounding) in Work chat will be off by default. A dedicated Web chat will become available later and will be communicated separately. Notebooks – Copilot can ground on the contents of a user’s notebook, to give them more relevant, contextualized responses based on prompts. Users can gather information from chats, meetings, pages, and files, as well as organize and store important documents, notes, and tasks. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Admins can manage the Microsoft 365 Copilot app for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license with the following controls. MC1081582 — Updates to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app UI (Web only) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 495116 Beginning late June 2025, the Microsoft 365 Copilot app will update to include a refreshed navigation pane and simplified UI. These updates apply to the web endpoint only. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC, Web only): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 and expect to complete in July 2025. How this will affect your organization: The individual user experience in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app will vary based on if a user does not have access to Copilot, can access Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, or has a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Users without access to Copilot: Refreshed Navigation Pane – The left navigation pane will include essential modules like Search, Create, and Apps. Users can pin and unpin apps to customize their workspace. Search – With this update, Search replaces the Home module. Search will have a refreshed UI, displaying key files in dedicated sections for easier access and a search bar to help them quickly find what they need. Users with access to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (please refer to MC1036580 for more details on Copilot Chat for GCC): Includes the updates listed above along with additional modules for Copilot Chat users: Chat – Chat has been streamlined for a simplified experience with an updated collapsable left navigation page for quick access to chat history and Copilot pages. The input box will be located in the center of the UI with prompt suggestions below it. Users will have access to Web chat and web search (grounding) will be off by default. User with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license: Includes the updates listed above along with additional modules for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license: Chat – In addition to what’s listed above, Chat for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license will have both Work and Web chat. Web search (grounding) is off by default in both Web and Work chat unless you have taken action using the Web Search policy. Please refer to MC1036562 for Web chat availability for Microsoft 365 Copilot licensed users in GCC. Notebooks – Copilot can ground on the contents of a user’s notebook, to give them more relevant, contextualized responses based on prompts. Users can gather information from chats, meetings, pages, and files, as well as organize and store important documents, notes, and tasks. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Admins can manage the Microsoft 365 Copilot app using the following controls: MC1056996 — (Updated) Microsoft Excel: Extending support for Insights Services (GCC High, DoD) Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 488142 Updated May 7, 2025: We have updated the timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon for Microsoft Excel: Support for the Analyze Data feature, which will be found on the Data tab This message applies to Excel for Windows desktop, Excel for Mac desktop, and Excel for the web. When this will happen: General Availability (GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out late June 2025 (previously late April) and expect to complete by late August 2025 (previously late June). How this will affect your organization: Analyze Data can generate charts and graphs that may provide insights and answer questions you may have about your data: This change will be available by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more: Analyze Data in Excel - Microsoft Support MC1051092 — (Updated) Microsoft 365 web app: Updated experience (DoD) Updated May 6, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon: An updated experience for the Microsoft 365 web app at https://www.ohome.apps.mil When this will happen: General Availability (DoD): We will begin rolling out late May 2025. How this will affect your organization: This rollout includes these key changes: Microsoft 365 apps that were pinned to the left navigation will be available in the Apps tab. Profile and Settings buttons will move from the top right to the bottom left corner. New content types and templates will be added to the Create tab. Search bar will move from the top header to the Home tab. Organization branding will be removed along with the top header. This change will be on by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. MC1051087 — (Updated) Microsoft 365 web app: Updated experience (GCC High) Updated May 6, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon: An updated experience for the Microsoft 365 web app at https://www.office365.us When this will happen: General Availability (GCC High): We will begin rolling out late May 2025. How this will affect your organization: This rollout includes these key changes: Microsoft 365 apps that were pinned to the left navigation will be available in the Apps tab. Profile and Settings buttons will move from the top right to the bottom left corner. New content types and templates will be added to the Create tab. Search bar will move from the top header to the Home tab. Organization branding will be removed along with the top header. This change will be on by default. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before or after the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Documentation - Office 365 IP Address and URL web service May 30, 2025 - GCC April 30, 2025 - GCC High April 30, 2025 - DOD
