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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Microsoft is retiring the free 90-day grace period for expired cloud subscriptions and introducing a paid Extended Service Term (EST).
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.
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.
Microsoft Whiteboard is retiring the ability to add PDF and PowerPoint documents from OneDrive and SharePoint.
Legacy IDCRL authentication in SharePoint Online will be retired starting February 2026. Admins should review Purview Audit Logs and update any applications still using legacy protocols.
Microsoft will retire Teams-specific feedback policies, as Teams Mobile is the last remaining platform. Feedback policies should now be managed by the Cloud Policy service.
Microsoft will retire the Visio Data Visualizer Add-in for Excel in March 2026. Existing diagrams in Excel will stop rendering. Users must export their diagrams to Visio format before the shutdown.
Microsoft will retire the Favorite contacts feature in Places. Going forward, Places should surface frequent contacts based on Microsoft 365 usage patterns.
Microsoft will retire the Send to Kindle integration in Word for Windows, Mac, and the web. The feature lets users upload Word documents directly to their Kindle library.
Microsoft will retire the option to manage Copilot Frontier access via Entra ID groups. AI Admins must assign users individually going forward.
Microsoft will retire the Reuse Slides feature from PowerPoint for Windows and Mac. Users should instead use Copy & Paste or Drag & Drop to reuse slides.
Microsoft will retire the activity-based authentication timeout for Outlook on the web starting in January 2026. Admins should switch to the Microsoft 365 idle session timeout to maintain consistent session control across web apps.
Microsoft is retiring the Outlook Lite app for Android starting in October 2025, beginning with new users. Existing users can continue for a limited time before the app is fully retired in favor of Outlook Mobile.
Microsoft will retire the Editor extensions for Edge and Chrome. Writing assistance is being consolidated into Microsoft Edge’s built-in proofing, offering AI-powered grammar, spelling, and style checks without the need for separate extensions.