Compliance administrators can now restrict external or untrusted emails from being used as grounding data by Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat. The configuration is off by default.
Channel members can now add a new Planner plan to Private and Shared Teams channels, improving collaboration for guests and contacts from other organizations.
Intelligent Meeting Recaps in Teams can now be switched to another supported language after the recap is ready, giving multilingual meeting participants more flexibility to review content in their preferred language.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will soon let users share entire chat sessions or single responses with coworkers. Recipients can then continue from the shared content in their own Copilot chat session.
Microsoft has introduced a Copilot Action for the SharePoint page button, allowing editors to configure a predefined prompt for site visitors with a Copilot license.
Microsoft published a new Security Detection Report in the Teams admin center to provide unified visibility into messaging security detections across Microsoft Teams.
Outlook offers a new Inbox rule condition that lets users automatically sort, categorize, or prioritize messages from external senders.
Microsoft is separating controls for Teams Events attendance and engagement reports from those for Teams Meetings. Teams admins should review and prepare their attendance and engagement reporting settings in Teams Events policies before the rollout.
Copilot Agent Builder now supports multiple owners per declarative agent, along with a redesigned sharing screen that lets owners manage additional owners or chat users.
Planner is now available in Outlook, so users can manage tasks and plans without leaving their inbox.
Microsoft is rolling out co-authoring and autosave for Markdown files in OneDrive and SharePoint, enabling real-time collaboration in the web experience.
Microsoft Defender Unified RBAC is becoming the default access model in selected tenants. Tenants still using legacy RBAC will be automatically enabled for Unified RBAC, replacing legacy RBAC as the default authorization source. Security admins should verify their tenant status.
Microsoft is rolling out the redesigned meeting controls and a new share panel in Teams. The changes are designed to prevent misclicks between actions such as Share, Leave, and Raise hand. IT staff should inform their users about the change, as Microsoft will automatically move them to the new experience.
Microsoft is rolling out customized consent notifications to Teams Phone, extending a capability previously available only for meetings.
Microsoft is retiring the Learning Coach agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Users should transition to the Learning Agent.
Microsoft accidentally created a new “All Company” Microsoft 365 group in some tenants during a July incident. Administrators should check whether their tenant now has two such groups for Viva Engage.
Microsoft is extending control of production tools in Teams Meetings and Webinars, with support for guest users to manage production during events.
Microsoft Planner no longer requires a task’s due date to fall on or after its start date, letting users set both dates independently.
Microsoft 365 Backup now supports configurable recovery windows at the policy level, ranging from three months to two years, replacing the previous fixed one-year window. The default recovery window remains one year unless an administrator changes it.