Outlook now shows a visual indicator on profile cards for external participants, helping users quickly identify when they’re communicating outside the organization.
SharePoint Embedded Administrators can now modify the membership of SharePoint Embedded containers directly through PowerShell, simplifying membership management.
Microsoft is rolling out Loop Pages in Teams channels, supported in Standard, Private, and Shared channels. Stored in the channel’s SharePoint folder, these pages simplify collaboration and are accessible across Teams, Loop web, and Loop mobile apps.
Microsoft has added two new Entra ID admin roles — SharePoint Backup Administrator and Exchange Backup Administrator. These roles allow organizations to delegate Microsoft 365 Backup tasks without relying on SharePoint, Exchange, or Global admins.
Microsoft retired three licenses, introduced new Microsoft 365 Copilot promotions, and announced the renaming of the E5 mini-suites for Security and Compliance.
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.
Microsoft Teams now integrates with the Microsoft Defender Tenant Allow/Block List, enabling admins to centrally manage blocked external domains across Microsoft 365 services.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.