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.
If you still have EnableAzureADB2BIntegration set to False and strict external collaboration settings in Microsoft Entra External ID in place, the upcoming SharePoint OTP retirement will prevent new guest sharing in your tenant. Here is what to expect and how to work around it using Microsoft Graph.
Microsoft is enabling Unified RBAC for new tenants with Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 starting at the end of May 2026.
Microsoft is adding a drawn signature option to eSignature for Microsoft 365, letting users switch between typed and drawn signatures when signing PDFs.
Starting in April, Microsoft will retire the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel from the Office Deployment Service for managed devices and from the Microsoft 365 admin center for unmanaged devices.
Microsoft is rolling out the updated Teams Meet app with a unified Events experience, bringing webinars, town halls, and custom events into a single workflow for easier creation, discovery, and management.
Teams now includes an app that opens the Outlook Mail view. Microsoft may have published this app by mistake, as the app is not available in most tenants.
Teams will soon restore users’ previously selected tab, open side panels, and message selection when they return to a chat, channel, or Quick View within 30 minutes – helping them pick up right where they left off.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is getting a practical upgrade that makes email composition faster and more seamless. Users will soon be able to draft and send Outlook emails without leaving Copilot Chat.
Microsoft has unified the Plus (+) and Tools menus in Copilot Chat into a single entry point, making it easier to add grounding, tools, and sources when prompting.
Microsoft is retiring SharePoint OTP starting in July 2026. In my post, I walk you through what SharePoint OTP looks like compared to Entra Email OTP, how to identify affected users, how to export a SharePoint OTP user report, and how to migrate them to Entra External ID.