Microsoft’s new Publish to Web feature in Excel and PowerPoint 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.
Collaborative Notes powered by Loop are rolling out for instant (Meet now) meetings in Teams. The notes are stored in OneDrive.
Starting in May, Microsoft is changing the default layout of the first channel in a new Teams team to Threaded.
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.
Microsoft is expanding the Teams Reader role with broader read-only access to the Teams Admin Center, PowerShell, and Microsoft Graph APIs.
Microsoft is rolling out a new Pay-as-you-go meter for Windows 365 for Agents, a Cloud PC platform designed to run AI agent workloads.
A new control in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center lets administrators assign third-party model provider access to specific users or Entra ID groups, rather than enabling it for the entire tenant. The setting is also enforced across Power Platform environments and Copilot Studio agents.
The Frontier Admin Control is being updated with a single control point for managing access to experimental Frontier features across Microsoft 365 apps, platforms, and Copilot agents.
Microsoft is rolling out a new three-tier release model for Microsoft 365, starting with Copilot in May. The new Frontier, Standard, Deferred tiers should give organizations greater control over when users receive new features.
Copilot in PowerPoint has been enhanced with a new editing mode, making it easier to build and refine presentations through natural conversation. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required.
Microsoft is activating two new service plans, Microsoft eCDN and Teams Events, across all Enterprise licenses, as announced in January. Neither is included in Microsoft 365 Business licenses.
A new AI Reader role in Microsoft Entra provides broad read-only access to Copilot and Agent 365 settings, usage reports, service health, and Entra ID objects.
Microsoft 365 Copilot gets a new side-by-side drafting experience in Outlook, letting users refine and iterate on emails through back-and-forth interaction with Copilot without leaving the compose window.
Exchange Online has a new OWAMailboxPolicy setting that lets administrators control whether file attachments are accessible when users work offline in the new Outlook for Windows.
Office for the web now supports applying sensitivity labels with user-defined permissions in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, closing a gap for previously required desktop clients.
Microsoft will consolidate the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel into the Monthly Enterprise Channel for Microsoft 365 Apps in July 2026. All affected devices will automatically shift to a monthly update cadence.
Microsoft is completely retiring Outlook Lite for Android. Existing installations will lose mailbox connectivity. Users should migrate to Outlook Mobile for Android.
A new Defender XDR RBAC permission gives administrators read and download access to quarantined emails without granting broader access to email content.
Microsoft reports the migration of private channels is 95% complete, with completion expected by late April 2026. Teams admins should check the migration state to determine whether their tenant is affected by failed channel migrations.
Microsoft introduced a new Teams Premium SKU. Existing licenses remain valid as Teams Premium Legacy until renewal, after which the included features change.