Microsoft is simplifying the Broadcast and Collaborative event types with a new large audience setting in Teams Events. The setting automatically applies to events with more than 1,000 attendees.
Microsoft is adding a way to open links to Teams messages in chats or channels in a separate window, so users can view a linked conversation without leaving the one they are already in.
Microsoft is retiring the Surveys agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot on 31 August 2026, moving its capabilities directly into Copilot in Microsoft Forms.
Microsoft will automatically enable OpenAI as a subprocessor for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio on 24 July 2026, unless administrators opt out beforehand.
Microsoft will remove auto-pinning for the Microsoft 365 companion apps from the admin center by the end of July 2026. Going forward, this control will only pin the Microsoft 365 Copilot app.
Teams now supports apps, including bots, tabs, and message extensions, in Private channels, matching the model already in place for Shared channels. Previously, only a limited set of tabs was supported in such channels.
Microsoft has updated the cadence for local currency pricing adjustments in its Commercial Cloud services, moving from twice a year to once a year. Updates every January, with advance notice each November.
Events in Microsoft Teams now support SRT as an inbound streaming protocol alongside RTMP, offering better resilience for external encoder setups.
Teams now offers a quick sound check on the pre-join screen, letting users test their microphone and speaker before joining a meeting.
Organization-curated prompts let administrators publish approved, ready-to-use prompts directly into Copilot Chat, shaping how users discover and interact with Copilot across the organization.
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention now supports blocking or allowing external access to sensitive SharePoint and OneDrive for Business files by domain or specific email address, moving from Public Preview to general availability.
Copilot Chat is now available directly within Planner Basic plans, helping users manage tasks through natural language. The option is currently limited to users enrolled in the Frontier program.
Microsoft is introducing a new tenant-level control to govern whether applications and agents can access Teams transcripts via the Microsoft Graph API. This control will be enforced after 29 July 2026. Because it’s disabled by default, access to Graph API transcripts will be blocked automatically unless a Teams administrator explicitly enables it.
Microsoft has updated the release model for Microsoft 365 Copilot, allowing administrators to assign Entra ID groups to specific update channels for streamlined deployment control.
Microsoft has added a new Efficiency Mode for the Teams desktop client to improve performance on resource-constrained devices.
SharePoint now allows administrators to add new owners or other roles to user-owned SharePoint Embedded containers before a departing employee’s account is deleted, including a new option to copy Loop pages to another workspace.
Microsoft is retiring Restricted SharePoint Search (RSS) in SharePoint Online. Organizations should move to Restricted Content Discovery. Organizations using RSS should act, as SharePoint content previously excluded from search can become discoverable once RSS stops enforcing these restrictions.
Copilot Premium users can now open referenced Outlook emails side by side with their Copilot Chat conversation.
Microsoft has published a new promotional offer for the Defender for Cloud Apps standalone license, allowing eligible customers to order a free Microsoft 365 E5 Information Protection and Governance upgrade for up to three years.
With the Planner Agent now generally available, Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat can return Microsoft To Do tasks for Copilot Premium users.