Voice and Face enrollment report in the Teams Admin Center
A new Voice and Face enrollment report in the Teams admin center gives admins visibility into enrollment status and metrics across the tenant for the last 180 days.
30. April 2026
Tagged: Admin Center
Teams Reader role gets broader read-only access in the Teams Admin Center
Microsoft is expanding the Teams Reader role with broader read-only access to the Teams Admin Center, PowerShell, and Microsoft Graph APIs.
25. April 2026
Granular access control for third-party AI model providers in Microsoft 365 Copilot
A new control in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center lets administrators assign third-party model provider access to specific users or Entra ID groups, rather than enabling it for the entire tenant. The setting is also enforced across Power Platform environments and Copilot Studio agents.
24. April 2026
Updates to the Frontier Admin Control in Microsoft 365
The Frontier Admin Control is being updated with a single control point for managing access to experimental Frontier features across Microsoft 365 apps, platforms, and Copilot agents.
24. April 2026
New three-tier release model for Microsoft 365, starting with Copilot
Microsoft is rolling out a new three-tier release model for Microsoft 365, starting with Copilot in May. The new Frontier, Standard, Deferred tiers should give organizations greater control over when users receive new features.
22. April 2026
New External Domain Anomalies Report in the Teams admin center flags unusual external communication patterns
A new External Domain Anomalies report in the Teams admin center should provide an overview of how users in the tenant interact with people outside the organisation and flag sudden spikes or unusual engagement that fall outside normal patterns.
24. March 2026
Microsoft retires Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel across the Office Deployment Service and Microsoft 365 admin center
Starting in April, Microsoft will retire the Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel from the Office Deployment Service for managed devices and from the Microsoft 365 admin center for unmanaged devices.
21. March 2026
Baseline Security Mode for Office, SharePoint, Exchange, Teams, and Entra in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Microsoft is introducing Baseline Security Mode in the Microsoft 365 admin center, providing a central dashboard with 18 recommended security settings for Office products, SharePoint, Exchange, Teams, and Entra.
14. December 2025
Name pronunciation and Pronouns settings have moved to People settings
Name pronunciation and Pronouns are now managed in People settings in the Microsoft 365 admin center, with no changes to functionality.
14. December 2025
Updated licensing experience in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Microsoft is rolling out an updated licensing experience in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center, offering clearer visibility into license assignments and improved tools for identifying and resolving licensing issues.
15. November 2025
Microsoft will retire Copilot Frontier access via Entra ID groups on 10 November 2025
Microsoft will retire the option to manage Copilot Frontier access via Entra ID groups. AI Admins must assign users individually going forward.
4. November 2025
Marketplace replaces “Purchase services” in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Microsoft is renaming the Purchase services section in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center to Marketplace. This is a minor visual change with no impact on workflows or functionality.
26. October 2025
Microsoft 365 Pay-as-you-go budget limits in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Microsoft 365 Pay-as-you-go now includes budget limits, allowing admins to set thresholds, get alerts, and track spending. But these are not hard limits, services keep running and costs can still rise, leaving organizations without true budget enforcement.
10. August 2025
New SharePoint storage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center
A new Storage tab is available in the Microsoft SharePoint usage report, offering insights into your overall SharePoint storage usage and suggestions for optimization.
24. June 2025
New Teams client health dashboard for Teams administrators
Teams is introducing a ‘Teams client health’ dashboard, allowing IT admins to monitor client health metrics.
14. June 2025
New usage and migration reports for the new Outlook in the Microsoft 365 admin center
A new Outlook for Windows usage and migration report is available in the Microsoft 365 admin center. This report provides insights into active user adoption and usage metrics for the new Outlook.
16. March 2025
Viva as a new section in the Microsoft 365 Admin Center
Configurations for Microsoft Viva products now have their own section in the Admin Center.
11. December 2023
Global Reader and Reports Reader accounts now have access to Microsoft 365 Apps Admin Center
Microsoft has extended the permissions for the admin roles Global Reader and Reports Reader.
17. November 2023