Town Hall, Webinar, and AMA Events in Viva Engage
Viva Engage introduces new community and storyline event types: Broadcast (Town Halls), Meeting (Webinars), and Async (AMA) events, alongside a unified events landing page.
6. May 2026
What is new in Microsoft 365, Licensing, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, PowerShell,…
Copilot Credits can now be used for billing policies in the Microsoft 365 admin center
Microsoft is adding support for prepaid Copilot Credits in Microsoft 365 billing policies, so organizations can use agents in Copilot Chat without connecting to an Azure subscription. This enhancement applies to users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
5. May 2026
New look for Access Request and Access Denied pages in SharePoint and OneDrive
Microsoft is updating the Access Request and Access Denied page experience in SharePoint and OneDrive with a visual refresh, making the status of access requests clearer for users.
5. May 2026
Retirement of the agentRegistry API and new licensing requirements for the Agent 365 Graph API
Microsoft is retiring the existing agent registry Graph API in June 2026. The new Agent 365 Graph API is only available to tenants with at least one Agent 365 license.
4. May 2026
Teams meetings now support automatic transcription without recording
Teams meetings now support automatic transcription without recording. Meeting organizers can select “Transcribe only” when scheduling, giving them more granular control in environments where recording is restricted by compliance or privacy policies.
3. May 2026
OneDrive supports syncing up to one million items for eligible Windows devices
OneDrive for Windows is increasing the sync limit from 300,000 to one million items per device for eligible hardware configurations. The update is currently in Public Preview and available to Insiders.
3. May 2026
Report a suspicious call in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft is adding a built-in option for users to report suspicious one-to-one Teams calls directly from their call history, with submitted reports surfacing in the Microsoft Defender portal.
3. May 2026
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
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