Native Markdown support in OneDrive and SharePoint
OneDrive and SharePoint now support viewing, editing, and creating Markdown (.md) files directly in the browser, with no additional tools or downloads required.
2. May 2026
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Automatic spoken language detection in multilingual Teams Meetings, Town halls, and Webinars
Meetings, Town halls, and Webinars in Teams now support automatic spoken language detection, replacing manual selection in multilingual events when Interpreter or multilingual speech recognition is enabled.
2. May 2026
Licensing updates for Microsoft Cloud products – May 2026
Microsoft has released the Microsoft 365 E7 and Agent 365 licenses, updated the pricing for Windows 365 Business and Dragon Copilot, and discontinued the Windows 365 Business with Windows Hybrid Benefit product.
1. May 2026
Windows 365 Business with Windows Hybrid Benefit has been discontinued
Microsoft has discontinued Windows 365 Business with Windows Hybrid Benefit and reduced Windows 365 Business licensing by 20%.
1. May 2026
Voice and Face enrollment report in the Teams Admin Center
A new Voice and Face enrollment report in the Teams admin center gives admins visibility into enrollment status and metrics across the tenant for the last 180 days.
30. April 2026
Flex routing extends to Power Platform environments
Flex routing is extending to Power Platform environments, Copilot Studio, and Dynamics 365, with Microsoft switching the setting to on starting 4 May.
30. April 2026
OneDrive sync client skips the local recycle bin for cloud-initiated file deletions
The OneDrive sync client will soon skip the local recycle bin when a cloud-initiated deletion affects a locally downloaded file.
29. April 2026
Surveys agent rebranded to Forms agent and Copilot Chat in Microsoft Forms
Microsoft has rebranded the Surveys agent to Forms agent and is adding Copilot Chat directly into the Microsoft Forms editing experience.
29. April 2026
General availability of Enterprise App Insights for SharePoint
Enterprise App Insights is now generally available in SharePoint for Enterprise organizations with the SharePoint Advanced Management add-on or a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
29. April 2026
Publish to Web: A cleaner way to share PowerPoint, Excel, and Word files externally
Microsoft’s new Publish to Web feature in PowerPoint and Excel for the web lets users share a clean, view-only version of a document externally, without exposing comments, tracked changes, or speaker notes. Word for the web is following soon.
28. April 2026
Collaborative Notes are now available for instant meetings in Teams
Collaborative Notes powered by Loop are rolling out for instant (Meet now) meetings in Teams. The notes are stored in OneDrive.
27. April 2026
First Teams channel in newly created teams will use the Threaded layout
Starting in May, Microsoft is changing the default layout of the first channel in a new Teams team to Threaded.
26. April 2026
Smart App Control in Windows 11 can now be re-enabled without reinstalling
Smart App Control in Windows 11 can now be enabled or disabled at any time without reinstalling the operating system. The April 2026 cumulative update removes the restriction that previously required a full Windows reset to re-enable it.
26. April 2026
Teams Reader role gets broader read-only access in the Teams Admin Center
Microsoft is expanding the Teams Reader role with broader read-only access to the Teams Admin Center, PowerShell, and Microsoft Graph APIs.
25. April 2026
A new Pay-as-you-go meter for Windows 365 for Agents
Microsoft is rolling out a new Pay-as-you-go meter for Windows 365 for Agents, a Cloud PC platform designed to run AI agent workloads.
25. April 2026
Granular access control for third-party AI model providers in Microsoft 365 Copilot
A new control in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center lets administrators assign third-party model provider access to specific users or Entra ID groups, rather than enabling it for the entire tenant. The setting is also enforced across Power Platform environments and Copilot Studio agents.
24. April 2026
Updates to the Frontier Admin Control in Microsoft 365
The Frontier Admin Control is being updated with a single control point for managing access to experimental Frontier features across Microsoft 365 apps, platforms, and Copilot agents.
24. April 2026
New three-tier release model for Microsoft 365, starting with Copilot
Microsoft is rolling out a new three-tier release model for Microsoft 365, starting with Copilot in May. The new Frontier, Standard, Deferred tiers should give organizations greater control over when users receive new features.
22. April 2026
Copilot in PowerPoint has been enhanced with a new editing mode
Copilot in PowerPoint has been enhanced with a new editing mode, making it easier to build and refine presentations through natural conversation. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required.
21. April 2026
Microsoft eCDN and Teams Events in Enterprise license suites
Microsoft is activating two new service plans, Microsoft eCDN and Teams Events, across all Enterprise licenses, as announced in January. Neither is included in Microsoft 365 Business licenses.
20. April 2026