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.
Microsoft is enabling Always-on diagnostics for Endpoint DLP by default. This post explains what the feature does, how diagnostic logs are collected, and where to manage the setting.
A new app installation experience in the Teams Admin Center lets apps be installed individually for users, groups, or Everyone, finally replacing the inflexible app setup policies.
Microsoft is expanding DLP policy enforcement for Microsoft 365 Copilot to cover Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files regardless of storage location.
Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management now supports item-level investigation and remediation for SharePoint and OneDrive files, providing insights into sensitivity label status and sharing link details. Administrators can take direct remediation actions on flagged items, including applying sensitivity labels and removing sharing links.
The Agent Registry is moving from Microsoft Entra to Agent 365 in the Microsoft 365 admin center on 1 May 2026, giving administrators a unified catalog of all agents across the organization. Also, the agent registry Graph API will soon be deprecated and replaced by a new Agent 365 API.
Microsoft is retiring the noise suppression capability from the video playback controls for videos stored in OneDrive or SharePoint in July 2026.
Defender XDR is adding a new permission that allows security teams to preview and download only the emails users have reported as malware or phishing, without requiring broader access to all email content in the organization.
The expanded profile card in Outlook Classic will be retired in June 2026. Only a reduced contact card will be available. Microsoft advises informing users about the change.
Microsoft is reducing the Windows 365 Business list price by 20% and introducing a one-hour hibernation setup for these Cloud PCs, both taking effect on 1 May 2026.