Licensing updates for Microsoft Cloud products – October 2025
Microsoft retired three licenses, introduced new Microsoft 365 Copilot promotions, and announced the renaming of the E5 mini-suites for Security and Compliance.
1. October 2025
What is new in Microsoft 365, Licensing, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, PowerShell,…
Copilot Studio billing and capacity enforcement was activated
Copilot Studio billing and capacity enforcement is now active. Since 19 September, publishing and usage of Copilot Studio agents require eligible billing capacity or licenses across Microsoft 365 services, including Copilot, Teams, and SharePoint.
28. September 2025
Teams now supports domain blocking via Microsoft Defender Tenant Allow/Block List
Microsoft Teams now integrates with the Microsoft Defender Tenant Allow/Block List, enabling admins to centrally manage blocked external domains across Microsoft 365 services.
28. September 2025
Priority Cleanup in Microsoft Purview is now available for SharePoint and OneDrive
Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management introduces Priority Cleanup for SharePoint and OneDrive. This feature allows admins to bypass retention policies and delete content early, such as Teams recordings, transcripts, and Preservation Hold items.
21. September 2025
Prevent screenshots and recordings in Teams meetings
Teams Premium now includes a new Prevent screen capture feature. The feature blocks screenshots and recordings on Windows, Mac, and Android, limits video capture on iOS, and forces unsupported platforms into audio-only mode.
21. September 2025
Microsoft boosts Office transcription quota for users with a Copilot license
Microsoft will increase the Office transcription quota for Copilot users from 300 to 30,000 minutes per month. The quota is shared across Word and OneNote.
20. September 2025
New security features for Teams chats and conversations are now in Public Preview
Microsoft is rolling out three new security features to Teams chats and channel conversations: Weaponizable File Protection, Malicious URL Protection, and the ability to report messages as not a security concern.
20. September 2025
Researcher and other Microsoft Copilot Agents in Word
Microsoft is rolling out Researcher and other prebuilt Copilot agents in Word for users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. The rollout applies to Word on Windows, the web, and Mac.
18. September 2025
Teams now supports multiple SharePoint Agents in chats and channel conversations
Microsoft is rolling out the ability to add multiple SharePoint Agents in Teams group chats, channel conversations, and meeting chats. Responses require a Microsoft 365 Copilot license or a PAYG setup.
16. September 2025
Chromium 141 is coming, SharePoint admins should act before October 2025
Chromium 141 (Edge and Chrome) will introduce stricter local network access controls. Without the right policy, users will see new permission prompts when using OneDrive and other Microsoft 365 services (such as Microsoft Lists in OneDrive, SharePoint Lists, and document libraries) in the browser. Blocking access disables offline mode and performance optimizations. Admins should configure a new browser policy in advance.
16. September 2025
Advanced Tenant Rename now supports SharePoint tenants with up to 500,000 sites
SharePoint Online now supports Advanced Tenant Rename for up to 500,000 sites. This update enables large organizations to align their SharePoint domain URLs during rebranding, mergers, or consolidations while maintaining business continuity.
14. September 2025
Admins can now remotely collect Teams diagnostic logs from users’ devices
Microsoft is rolling out remote log collection for Teams desktop clients on Windows and Mac. Teams admins can now securely collect diagnostic logs without user action, helping streamline troubleshooting.
14. September 2025
Microsoft Teams: Enhanced privacy for Live Captions and Real-Time Text
Microsoft is rolling out an update to how Live Captions and Real-Time Text (RTT) work in Teams for Windows and Mac. To better protect privacy, when transcription is turned off, captions and RTT will now only show the last five minutes of conversation instead of the entire meeting history.
14. September 2025
Why SharePoint admins should not ignore Content Security Policy violations
Microsoft is introducing Content Security Policy (CSP) in SharePoint. While it’s currently in Report-only mode, enforcement will block untrusted scripts. SharePoint administrators should review violation reports now and prepare trusted sources before enabling CSP.
13. September 2025
New Microsoft Entra ID admin role: Dragon Administrator
Microsoft has added a Dragon Administrator role to Entra ID. Designed for healthcare and clinical organizations, it provides full control of Dragon Copilot through the Dragon Admin Center, eliminating the need for the Global Administrator role.
12. September 2025
How to identify who disabled offline sync in a SharePoint Site Collection?
If users suddenly can’t sync a SharePoint library or OneDrive shortcut, offline sync settings may have been changed at the site or library level. Purview Audit Logs can help you find who made the change.
11. September 2025
Microsoft 365 admins can now pin Copilot Agents for their users
Microsoft 365 admins can now pin Copilot Agents for users, groups, or the entire organization. This enhancement improves discoverability and ensures high-value agents are placed directly where users work.
10. September 2025
SharePoint Agents in the Teams App Store
SharePoint Agents are now available in the Teams App Store. Users can access up to 25 recently used agents, add them to chats or channels, and work with SharePoint content directly in Teams.
9. September 2025
Disable or restrict Project Manager Agent in Planner
The Project Manager Agent in Planner is getting new features. Admins can manage access by disabling or restricting it through PowerShell.
9. September 2025
Microsoft expands Viva Engage with a second Copilot
Microsoft has announced a second Copilot in Viva Engage. While some Viva Premium licenses still include the previous Engage Copilot v1, the new Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Engage requires an additional Copilot license.
7. September 2025