New Meeting Recap App in Microsoft Teams
A new Recap app in Microsoft Teams brings recordings, transcripts, and AI-powered summaries together, letting users browse recaps from the past 30 days and watch or listen to them.
20. July 2026
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New admin role in Microsoft Entra: Entra SOC Identity Responder
Microsoft has introduced a new admin role: Entra SOC Identity Responder. The role lets SOC analysts disable accounts, revoke sessions, and reset passwords for rapid incident containment without broader Entra admin access.
19. July 2026
Departmental Billing for Microsoft 365 Backup
Microsoft now supports multiple billing policies for Microsoft 365 Backup, letting organizations separate backup costs by department.
19. July 2026
Organizations should migrate to the new Microsoft 365 Backup billing policies
Microsoft has published a new Pay-as-you-go service in the Microsoft 365 admin center: Microsoft 365 Backup. Organizations using Microsoft 365 Backup should migrate to the new billing policies.
19. July 2026
Recently used emojis and reactions now sync across Teams devices
Microsoft is rolling out an update that keeps recently used emojis and reactions consistent across Teams devices, including Windows, Mac, Web, iOS, and Android.
18. July 2026
Manage built-in Teams agents from a dedicated location in the Teams admin center
Built-in Teams agents (such as Facilitator, Channel Agent, and Copilot Agent in Teams) now have their own dedicated governance experience in the Teams admin center, separate from traditional app management.
18. July 2026
Enhanced Assistant information on the Microsoft 365 Profile Card
Assistant information now also appears in the Organization section of the profile card, including in Org Explorer, Outlook, and Teams, improving discoverability across Microsoft 365 for users.
18. July 2026
New setting for large audience events in Teams Events
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.
13. July 2026
Open Teams message links in a new window
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.
13. July 2026
Surveys Agent is transitioning to Copilot in Microsoft Forms
Microsoft is retiring the Surveys agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot on 31 August 2026, moving its capabilities directly into Copilot in Microsoft Forms.
13. July 2026
OpenAI as a subprocessor for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio will be enabled on 24 July 2026
Microsoft will automatically enable OpenAI as a subprocessor for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio on 24 July 2026, unless administrators opt out beforehand.
12. July 2026
Auto-pinning for Microsoft 365 companion apps will be removed
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.
12. July 2026
Teams Apps are now generally available in Private channels
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.
11. July 2026
Microsoft updated the local currency pricing adjustments for Commercial Cloud customers
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.
11. July 2026
SRT Streaming Support for Teams Events
Events in Microsoft Teams now support SRT as an inbound streaming protocol alongside RTMP, offering better resilience for external encoder setups.
11. July 2026
Test mic and speaker before joining Teams meetings
Teams now offers a quick sound check on the pre-join screen, letting users test their microphone and speaker before joining a meeting.
10. July 2026
Organization-curated prompts in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat
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.
9. July 2026
Blocking external access by domain or user email for SharePoint and OneDrive files in Microsoft Purview
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.
8. July 2026
Copilot Chat is now available within Planner Basic plans
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.
7. July 2026
New tenant control for Graph API access to Teams transcripts will be enforced soon
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.
7. July 2026