Microsoft is simplifying access management for Data Security Investigations (DSI) in Purview by automatically adding the DSI Admin and DSI Contributor roles to additional role groups, reducing manual role assignments for teams working across DSPM, IRM, and Microsoft Defender XDR.
Microsoft is retiring the CAPTCHA verification setting for Teams meeting join and replacing it with a new bot-detection capability that gives organizers better control over automated participants.
Viva Engage communities now support Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels assigned to Microsoft 365 groups and their connected SharePoint sites, bringing consistent privacy and access controls across Viva Engage, Microsoft 365 groups, and SharePoint.
Teams administrators can now enable 8-digit numeric-only meeting passcodes as an alternative to the default alphanumeric format, making manual entry easier while increasing the risk of unauthorized access.
Users with a Microsoft 365 Business or Enterprise license can now schedule Town Hall events in Teams with up to 3’000 interactive or 10’000 view-only attendees. The eCDN enhancement is still pending.
Microsoft published an FAQ including timelines for when Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 customers can expect the additional Intune Suite capabilities, and when Microsoft 365 E3 customers will receive Defender for Office 365 Plan 1.
A new Microsoft Entra admin role lets administrators manage granular delegated admin privilege (GDAP) relationships, including accepting, reviewing, and terminating partner access on behalf of the tenant.
Microsoft has published the new Teams Events capacity packs and the updated Teams Shared Space license, to replace the previous Teams Premium capabilities.
Designer tools are rolling out in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, giving users guided controls to shape, refine, and fine-tune AI-generated images without having to start from scratch each time.
Microsoft is rolling out a visual change to the Teams app bar. App names are no longer displayed next to their icons by default, but can be re-enabled in Teams Settings.
SharePoint admins can now disable site branding for individual site collections via PowerShell. Organizations with a Multi-Geo setup must move theme creation to the primary geo, and branding changes are recorded in Purview Audit Logs.
Microsoft is bringing federated Copilot connectors to general availability in Microsoft 365 Copilot in April 2026. Using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), these connectors provide real-time access to third-party data sources without storing or indexing customer data in Microsoft services. All federated connectors are enabled by default.
Microsoft is expanding People Skills in Teams. Skills now appear directly on the Microsoft 365 profile card in Teams, letting employees discover colleagues’ expertise and manage their own skills profile without switching context.
Microsoft has expanded Loop Workspaces capabilities to all SharePoint and OneDrive users, including those on Frontline or Office 365 Enterprise licenses.
Microsoft has added four new admin roles in Entra to manage all aspects of Microsoft Entra Tenant Governance. I am summarizing what each role covers and how they differ.
Microsoft 365 Backup now supports granular restore for SharePoint and OneDrive, letting administrators restore individual files and folders from protected restore points.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will let users upload .eml and .msg files directly into Copilot Chat, so they no longer have to copy and paste email content into their prompts.
A new External Domain Anomalies report in the Teams admin center should provide an overview of how users in the tenant interact with people outside the organisation and flag sudden spikes or unusual engagement that fall outside normal patterns.
The AI Administrator role in Microsoft 365 and Entra now includes additional permissions for Agent 365, enabling AI Administrators to manage agents without involving a Global Administrator.
Microsoft is rolling out expiration policies for internal “People in your organization” sharing links in SharePoint and OneDrive, giving administrators control over how long these links remain active.