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.
Name pronunciation and Pronouns are now managed in People settings in the Microsoft 365 admin center, with no changes to functionality.
Teams will soon honor hidden user attributes without requiring scoped directory search. This update aligns Teams Search behavior with Outlook and Exchange, removing the need for “Scope Search” when used only to hide users.
Microsoft is moving Office Scripts settings for Excel from the Microsoft 365 admin center to the Office Cloud Policy service. Admins must migrate their configurations before the rollout starts on 27 October 2025.
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 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.
Microsoft is rolling out the new Places Management web portal, giving administrators a centralized and visual way to manage buildings, floors, rooms, desk pools, and desks. The portal reduces reliance on PowerShell.
In this post, I walk you through how to create and customize a custom app consent policy in Entra ID using the Microsoft Graph API.
Teams is streamlining feedback management by transitioning to the Cloud Policy service. This change simplifies feedback processes by unifying all feedback entry points under a single policy.
Teams is introducing a ‘Teams client health’ dashboard, allowing IT admins to monitor client health metrics.
Microsoft has added a new built-in admin role in Entra ID: Organizational Data Source Administrator
Admins now can set Intune policies via the Edge management service, alongside the existing cloud policies. This enables admins to deploy both browser policies in the cloud and Intune policies from a single pane.
Teams owners cannot delete the new (Teams) channel-connected Loop Workspaces. I describe how an admin can delete such Loop containers.
Microsoft Entra ID provides a new admin role: Teams Reader
Admins can now configure billing policies for Microsoft 365 PAYG services. Copilot Chat is the first service, but still with no control about monthly costs.
Microsoft has added a new admin role to Entra ID: Microsoft Graph Data Connect Administrator
The configuration for the name pronunciation feature in Teams and Outlook is now available in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
With the stable release of Microsoft Edge 135, Microsoft added a new Feature Usage sync type to Edge enterprise sync.
Microsoft Teams introduced new meeting chat options, allowing admins to disable chat before and after meetings. Participants can only send messages during the meeting with these settings.
Teams is introducing new transcription and recording policies for Town halls and Webinars, allowing more control over transcription and recording settings.