Microsoft 365 Copilot now supports Domain Exclusion, letting administrators exclude specific domains from web grounding across Copilot and Copilot Chat. The feature is generally available, and the required PowerShell script has been published, along with a guide on configuring exclusions for up to 1,000 domains.
Microsoft is rolling out Vision in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Administrators should not restrict the feature to selected Entra ID groups for now, as this option triggers a misconfiguration. This post gives full insights into what Copilot Vision does with Office Cloud Policies.
Microsoft Planner now supports custom templates, letting users turn existing plans into reusable layouts for recurring projects. A Microsoft 365 group is required to store the templates.
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.
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.
Microsoft now supports multiple billing policies for Microsoft 365 Backup, letting organizations separate backup costs by department.
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.
Microsoft is rolling out an update that keeps recently used emojis and reactions consistent across Teams devices, including Windows, Mac, Web, iOS, and Android.
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.
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.
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.