Microsoft Purview introduces a new View-only Role Management role, providing users read-only visibility into role group membership and assignments in the Purview admin portal.
The tenant control for Graph API access to Teams transcripts is now active. I am testing the new control to access Teams transcripts, including two PowerShell samples for downloading meeting transcripts with and without speaker attribution.
Outlook Mobile now supports the Follow option for meeting invitations, letting users stay updated on meetings they cannot attend.
Retention policies for Teams call logs can now be created, modified, and deleted directly in the Microsoft Purview admin portal. Previously, a Purview compliance administrator had to manage these retention policies with PowerShell.
Microsoft Planner gets a new task details side panel, letting users view and edit tasks without leaving their Board, Grid, or My Tasks view. Planner switches automatically to dialog mode on smaller screens.
Teams now lets users keep typing and sending messages while a file uploads in the background, ending the delay caused by the previous blocking upload experience. Users should not close the Teams client, as the upload requires a running client.
Microsoft is moving Edge Stable to a 2-week release cadence starting with Edge 152 (the next release), while the Extended Stable channel keeps the 8-week cycle.
Microsoft has updated Copilot usage reporting across the admin center and Graph API, with faster refresh times, separated agent metrics, and aligned Graph API metrics.
Exchange Online administrators can now set a tenant-wide default for the “Use commas as recipient separators” setting in Outlook.
Outlook on the web and the new Outlook now allow users to modify how the preview text for emails shows in the message list. Users can choose to display two lines, one line, or no additional lines. One line is the default setting.
Microsoft is deprecating the Whiteboard apps for Windows, iOS, and Android by 14 September 2026, leaving Whiteboard Web and the Teams app as the supported alternatives.
Microsoft Purview now supports time-limited role group assignments, with expiration dates ranging from one day to two years to reducing the risk of unnecessary long-term privileged access.
Microsoft is ending the transition from Azure-backed Whiteboards to OneDrive-backed Whiteboards. Users must migrate before 22 August. All non-migrated Whiteboards will be permanently deleted on 5 September 2026. This post covers the timeline, what it means for your users, and how to report Whiteboards still waiting to be migrated.
With the latest Teams for iOS update, users can now sign in with more than one MAM-enabled work or school account at the same time. Outlook for iOS should follow.
Microsoft has retired the Computer Use feature in the Researcher agent and moved the capabilities to Copilot Cowork. Under this new setup, automated web tasks are no longer covered by the Copilot Premium license, switching organizations to a usage-based billing model.
Microsoft is changing the default visibility of 11 profile card properties starting 24 August 2026. Administrators who want to keep the current configuration must update it manually beforehand.
The Microsoft 365 Admin Agent is now generally available as a Microsoft-managed agent, giving all administrators with an Entra built-in role AI-powered access across the admin center and Copilot Chat. If you don’t need this agent, block it.
Outlook Mobile users can now update their work location directly from the calendar, without switching to another platform. Custom work locations are not yet supported.
Microsoft 365 Backup now supports Full Workload Backup, a new capability that lets backup administrators protect an entire workload, such as SharePoint, OneDrive, or Exchange, with a single policy.
Microsoft has started phase 4 of unifying app and agent management, bringing cross-platform apps into a single, synchronized experience across the Microsoft 365 and Teams admin center. A Global Administrator should start the transition.