Microsoft will enable ZAP in Teams for organizations with Defender for Office 365 Plan 1 starting in January 2026, with an opt-out option available for security admins.
Legacy IDCRL authentication in SharePoint Online will be retired starting February 2026. Admins should review Purview Audit Logs and update any applications still using legacy protocols.
A new Power Platform Inventory is available in the Admin Center. Microsoft has also introduced an API to query the same data with code.
Microsoft will enforce Content Security Policy (CSP) for SharePoint tenants starting in March 2026. Report-only mode runs from April 2025 to February 2026. Admins should review CSP violations now to avoid broken custom scripts and components once enforcement begins.
Shared Channels in Teams now support apps for bots, tabs, and message extensions, with Private Channels adopting the same model soon.
Microsoft is rolling out an updated navigation for the Microsoft 365 Copilot web, Windows, and Mac apps. The update flattens the menu, surfaces key features in the left rail, and relocates the Apps entry point to the footer for licensed users.
Entra ID now supports multi-device passkeys, allowing users to store their passkey in password managers like 1Password for seamless, passwordless sign-in.
Microsoft will retire Teams-specific feedback policies, as Teams Mobile is the last remaining platform. Feedback policies should now be managed by the Cloud Policy service.
SharePoint Online Management Shell now supports app-only authentication, enabling secure unattended automation with Entra ID app identities.
The People Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot helps users understand colleagues, prepare for meetings, and find expertise by surfacing relevant People Skills from their existing Microsoft 365 data.
If SharePoint cannot set or update a user’s OneDrive storage quota, the root cause is primarily a reused UPN. The Diag support tool corrects the mismatch so storage settings work again.
Microsoft has added a new option to the SharePoint Knowledge Agent: per-site opt-in. Administrators can now enable the agent only on selected sites, giving more control during the Public Preview.
Researcher Agent with Computer Use enables secure web interactions in a sandboxed environment, generating richer outputs based on both web and organizational data.
Microsoft will retire the Visio Data Visualizer Add-in for Excel in March 2026. Existing diagrams in Excel will stop rendering. Users must export their diagrams to Visio format before the shutdown.
Teams now supports emojis in custom section names, allowing users to personalise and visually organise their navigation.
Microsoft is rolling out four new Entra ID admin roles, covering SharePoint Advanced Management and the lifecycle of AI agents in Copilot.
Microsoft will retire the Favorite contacts feature in Places. Going forward, Places should surface frequent contacts based on Microsoft 365 usage patterns.
Admins can now remove users from Teams group chats and 1:1 conversations directly from Microsoft Defender, helping speed up incident response and containment.
Microsoft is rolling out an updated licensing experience in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, offering clearer visibility into license assignments and improved tools for identifying and resolving licensing issues.
Windows 11 now supports managing Passkeys with 1Password and Bitwarden, offering more flexibility than the built-in Windows option.