Microsoft will remove the properties grantedTo and grantedToIdentities from Microsoft Graph. The properties were relevant for SharePoint permissions. There is version 2 for the properties.
Microsoft is enhancing security by replacing the authentication protocol with OAuth in the SharePoint Online Management Shell. Administrators should install the latest version to ensure a smooth transition.
The “Shared with us” feature on SharePoint team sites will be retired. Users can utilize “Shared with me” in OneDrive for a personalized view of shared files.
The ability to create personal pages in SharePoint will be soon be retired. Users are encouraged to create pages connected to SharePoint sites instead.
Microsoft is retiring the SharePoint “Spaces” feature. Users will lose access to their Spaces pages by August 2025. I wrote an export script.
The My Feed web part for SharePoint Pages will be retired in April 2025. Any remaining My Feed web parts will display an error message after the retirement date.
SharePoint administrators can disable real-time collaboration information in SharePoint lists. A rollout added this feature in September.
Microsoft has added the new Pay-as-you-go configuration for Agents in SharePoint. This allows users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license to use Agents in SharePoint via usage-based billing.
SharePoint Premium Translation now supports the simultaneous translation of up to 10 languages.
Microsoft activated a promotion for Copilot Agents in SharePoint on 6. January. SharePoint administrators can deactivate the promotion.
Microsoft has extended the availability of SharePoint eSignature to organizations in Europe.
Microsoft has released “Simple document processing”, a new prebuilt Syntex model for SharePoint Premium. The model can extract general information from documents and should identify 100 languages.
Microsoft is introducing a new feature in SharePoint to automatically encrypt unencrypted documents in a document library.
SharePoint will soon include a new search vertical for organization-wide searches, similar to the existing Messages search on Microsoft 365. This will enhance the search experience by categorizing results, making it easier to find specific types of content.
Microsoft has enabled editing options from Delve in the Microsoft 365 profile.
Forms in SharePoint lists and Microsoft Lists now support attachments.
SharePoint Embedded administrators can now change owners for Loop Workspace containers, and Microsoft enables additional permission roles for SharePoint Embedded containers.
Microsoft Teams now supports embedding town hall events in sites managed by users, with features like Q&A and reactions.
Two new features have been added to Forms in SharePoint lists.
In the standard version, Connect-SPOService continues to use Basic Authentication for the connection to SharePoint Online. SharePoint administrators can customize it very easily.