Outlook Lite for Android: End of service in May 2026
Microsoft is completely retiring Outlook Lite for Android. Existing installations will lose mailbox connectivity. Users should migrate to Outlook Mobile for Android.
18. April 2026
Tagged: Retirement
Agent Registry is moving from Microsoft Entra to Agent 365
The Agent Registry is moving from Microsoft Entra to Agent 365 in the Microsoft 365 admin center on 1 May 2026, giving administrators a unified catalog of all agents across the organization. Also, the agent registry Graph API will soon be deprecated and replaced by a new Agent 365 API.
12. April 2026
Microsoft retires noise suppression from OneDrive and SharePoint video playback
Microsoft is retiring the noise suppression capability from the video playback controls for videos stored in OneDrive or SharePoint in July 2026.
12. April 2026
Expanded profile card in Outlook Classic will be retired
The expanded profile card in Outlook Classic will be retired in June 2026. Only a reduced contact card will be available. Microsoft advises informing users about the change.
11. April 2026
Microsoft retires the CAPTCHA challenges for Teams meeting join
Microsoft is retiring the CAPTCHA verification setting for Teams meeting join and replacing it with a new bot-detection capability that gives organizers better control over automated participants.
5. April 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
Retirement of SharePoint OTP: Identify, report, and migrate affected guest users
Microsoft is retiring SharePoint OTP starting in July 2026. In my post, I walk you through what SharePoint OTP looks like compared to Entra Email OTP, how to identify affected users, how to export a SharePoint OTP user report, and how to migrate them to Entra External ID.
16. March 2026
Microsoft retires Skills Agent and People Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft is retiring the Skills Agent and People Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot as of March 2026, and recommends two other Frontier agents instead. I wouldn’t count on those agents for a long-term availability.
8. March 2026
Retirement of Bing Image Search in SharePoint
Microsoft is retiring the Bing-powered Web Search pivot in the SharePoint image picker. Learn what this means for your page authors and what alternatives are available.
25. February 2026
Microsoft retires shared browsing in Edge Workspaces
Edge Workspaces is dropping its collaboration feature as Microsoft moves workspace data from OneDrive to the Edge Sync service. Organizations should notify their users that the collaborative sharing feature in such workspaces will no longer be available.
21. February 2026
Context IQ suggestions in Outlook to be retired
Microsoft will retire Context IQ suggestions in Outlook. Users will no longer see document suggestions when typing “/” in an email and should instead use sharing links, drag and drop, or traditional attachments to insert files.
19. February 2026
Retirement of Outlook Usage Report in the Exchange Admin Center
Microsoft will retire the Outlook for Windows usage report in the Exchange Admin Center starting in April 2026. Administrators should use the Microsoft 365 Admin Center report instead.
18. February 2026
Reminder: InfoPath Forms Services in SharePoint Online retires in July 2026
InfoPath Forms Services in SharePoint Online retires in July 2026. If not yet done, run the Microsoft 365 Assessment Tool to identify existing forms and plan migration to modern alternatives.
17. February 2026
Retirement of Featured Links in SharePoint
Microsoft will retire Featured Links on the SharePoint start page and in the SharePoint mobile app. Organizations should review existing links and prepare to use supported alternatives such as the SharePoint global navigation or Viva Connections.
10. February 2026
Upcoming changes to Bing Maps in SharePoint Online
Microsoft is transitioning the SharePoint Bing Maps web part to Azure Maps, retiring several capabilities and potentially affecting Content Security Policy reports. Organizations should review these changes ahead of the upcoming rollout.
8. February 2026
Microsoft Designer in Teams is being retired
Microsoft is retiring the Designer integrations in Teams as part of consolidating image generation into a single, more capable experience. This retirement affects the Designer app in Teams, including chat and channel integrations.
6. February 2026
SharePoint and OneDrive for Business standalone plans will be retired
Microsoft has announced the upcoming retirement of standalone SharePoint and OneDrive for Business plans. Organizations should review the timeline and plan a transition to Microsoft 365 suites or alternative storage options.
29. January 2026
Microsoft replaces the 90-day subscription grace period with a new paid Extended Service Term
Microsoft is retiring the free 90-day grace period for expired cloud subscriptions and introducing a paid Extended Service Term (EST).
11. January 2026
Several SharePoint Online site-scoped compliance features will retire starting April 2026
Microsoft will retire several legacy SharePoint Online site-scoped compliance features starting in April 2026. Organizations must transition to Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management and Records Management to maintain supported compliance and retention capabilities.
5. January 2026
Microsoft Planner: Upcoming feature retirements and new capabilities
Microsoft is retiring several Planner features by February 2026 while introducing new capabilities, including replacing the old user comments, new templates, and expanding the Project Manager Agent availability.
14. December 2025