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
Tagged: Administration
Teams Search to honor hidden user attributes without using the “Scope Search” setting
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.
19. October 2025
Microsoft 365 admins must migrate their Office Scripts settings by end of October 2025
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.
11. October 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
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
New Microsoft Places Management Portal for Administrators
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.
27. August 2025
Configuring a custom app consent policy in Entra ID using Microsoft Graph
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.
1. July 2025
Changes for feedback policies in Microsoft Teams
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.
29. 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 admin role in Microsoft Entra ID: Organizational Data Source Administrator
Microsoft has added a new built-in admin role in Entra ID: Organizational Data Source Administrator
1. June 2025
Intune policies for Microsoft Edge in the Edge Management Service
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.
26. May 2025
How to delete a Loop Workspace connected to a Teams channel?
Teams owners cannot delete the new (Teams) channel-connected Loop Workspaces. I describe how an admin can delete such Loop containers.
24. May 2025
New admin role in Microsoft Entra ID: Teams Reader
Microsoft Entra ID provides a new admin role: Teams Reader
22. May 2025
Billing policies for Microsoft 365 Pay-as-you-go services in the admin center
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.
4. May 2025
New admin role in Microsoft Entra ID: Microsoft Graph Data Connect Administrator
Microsoft has added a new admin role to Entra ID: Microsoft Graph Data Connect Administrator
3. May 2025
Configure the name pronunciation feature in the Microsoft 365 admin center
The configuration for the name pronunciation feature in Teams and Outlook is now available in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
25. April 2025
New Microsoft Edge Sync type: Feature Usage Data Sync
With the stable release of Microsoft Edge 135, Microsoft added a new Feature Usage sync type to Edge enterprise sync.
19. April 2025
Disable the ability to send messages in Teams meeting chat before and after a meeting
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.
15. April 2025
New transcription and recording policies for Town halls and Webinars in Teams
Teams is introducing new transcription and recording policies for Town halls and Webinars, allowing more control over transcription and recording settings.
9. March 2025
Reconfiguration of Cloud Policy “Get Diagnostics feature’s visibility…” is required
Microsoft informs about a misconfiguration in the “Get Diagnostics feature’s visibility…” Cloud Policy. If it has already been configured, reconfiguration is required.
2. March 2025