Microsoft is expanding AI-powered skill inferencing in People Skills to Microsoft 365 E3 and E5 users. Admins should verify their Viva feature management policies.
Loop Workspaces will become a core Microsoft 365 service. The Microsoft Loop service plan requirement will be removed, extending access to more licenses. Admins should review their Office Cloud Policy.
Microsoft Teams is rolling out shorter “Meet now” URLs to all users to improve shareability and security. The update also introduces a new meeting URL lifecycle with defined expiration rules.
Microsoft is rolling out an improved email signature management for Outlook on the web and the new Outlook. Users can create multiple signatures, assign different defaults, use a rich text editor, and sync signatures across apps.
Some Microsoft pre-built Copilot agents are predeployed by Microsoft. User availability cannot be managed by administrators. This post explains why certain agents show the “pre-acquired” message and how availability is handled.
Loop on the web still ignores regional language formats and falls back to English (en-US), even when a specific language is configured for users. This long-standing, frustrating limitation continues to affect users in regions where regional variants are used.
The Interpreter Agent is now available in Teams calls, bringing real-time speech-to-speech translation to PSTN and VoIP calls. Interpreter Agent is enabled by default for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Teams admins should verify the policy.
Microsoft is retiring the free 90-day grace period for expired cloud subscriptions and introducing a paid Extended Service Term (EST).
Microsoft is expanding explicit recording consent in Teams to 1:1 VoIP calls. Participants must provide consent before audio, video, or content sharing is included in recordings or transcriptions.
Microsoft is rolling out an improved People app in Outlook, introducing a modern, multi-column contacts experience. This update is mandatory for all users, without an opt-out option.
Microsoft is rolling out an enhancement that lets users forward multiple messages in Teams, allowing users to forward up to five messages at once in chats and channels while preserving context.
Microsoft is rolling out Anthropic as a subprocessor for Microsoft 365 Copilot. Administrators should review and control the setting in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
Organizational Messages in Microsoft 365 now support email delivery in Preview. The new channel is currently limited to Copilot and uses Microsoft predefined, English-only templates.
Microsoft will retire several legacy SharePoint Online site-scoped compliance features starting in April 2026. Organizations must transition to Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management and Records Management to maintain supported compliance and retention capabilities.
Microsoft is improving the administrative capabilities for People Skills in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, introducing new controls to turn People Skills on or off for specific users, centralized feature access management, and upcoming support for importing custom skills from local devices.
Eligible Teams users can now start chats with anyone using an email address, even if the recipient is not on Teams. External contacts receive an email invitation and can join the conversation as guests.
Autocorrect is rolling out to Teams Chats and Channels, automatically correcting commonly misspelled words as users type. The setting is enabled by default for the primary language, but disabled for additional languages.
PowerPoint now includes Brand Images, giving users in-app access to organization-approved logos, icons, and images stored in a SharePoint Organization Assets Library.
“Join by code” allowed users immediate access to Private Teams (no approval required), while “Join by link” required an owner approval. Microsoft has now aligned both methods to use the same approval-based process.
Microsoft will enable new messaging safety protections in Teams for tenants using the default configuration starting January 2026.