Microsoft will enable the Attach file and Drag & Drop experiences in Teams chats with guests. The change applies only to tenants that have never updated the file attachment setting since July 2025.
Microsoft is adding a capability to temporarily pause all Teams notifications for a set period, helping users reduce interruptions during focused work and meetings.
Organizers and presenters in Microsoft Teams with a Copilot license can now turn Meeting AI, including Copilot and Facilitator, on or off during a meeting. This should give users more flexibility during sensitive meetings.
Webinar and Town Hall settings in the Teams Events policy decide which event types users can create in the Events app. Worth knowing if you use the Teams Events app.
Webinars in Teams now support breakout rooms with up to 1,000 participants and 100 rooms, up from 300 participants and 50 rooms.
Awards and Certifications now appear on the profile card in Teams. Previously, they were visible in the Org Explorer in Outlook. Organizations or users must manage the entries via Microsoft Graph.
Microsoft is removing Copilot from the top of the Teams Chat list. The Copilot app in Teams will soon be the new single entry point for Copilot Chat.
Microsoft is restructuring Teams Events into foundational and advanced event features, with updated license mappings starting at the end of September 2026. Admins should review the licenses assigned to Teams Events organizers and assign an eligible Teams Enterprise license to organizers who need advanced event features.
Copilot Premium users can now use Ask Copilot in Teams messages, which opens the Copilot pane with the selected message content already included.
Microsoft has introduced a Teams Premium trial offer for eligible organizations, granting a 90-day trial subscription and a potential 50% discount on a one-year Teams Premium subscription for organizations with active Queues app usage.
Microsoft has updated how Teams handles Purview Audit Logs for cross-organization meetings. Compliance administrators in a user’s own organization can now see participation details when that user joins an external meeting, not just administrators in the organization that set up the meeting.
Microsoft is retiring the Teams-Google Workspace calendar synchronization in October 2026. If users have calendars synced across both products, this connection will stop working, and previously matched calendars will no longer update automatically.
Microsoft will retire the Admin app in October 2026. The app was designed to help very small businesses manage administrative tasks directly in Teams, Outlook, and Microsoft 365.com.
Teams on the web is moving to teams.cloud.microsoft. An overview of the timeline, the impact on users, and the temporary administrator control to postpone the redirect in case of compatibility issues.
AI-generated audio summaries are now available in SharePoint News posts within the SharePoint app for Teams on desktop and mobile, giving Copilot Premium users another way to catch up on organizational news.
Channel members can now add a new Planner plan to Private and Shared Teams channels, improving collaboration for guests and contacts from other organizations.
Intelligent Meeting Recaps in Teams can now be switched to another supported language after the recap is ready, giving multilingual meeting participants more flexibility to review content in their preferred language.
Microsoft published a new Security Detection Report in the Teams admin center to provide unified visibility into messaging security detections across Microsoft Teams.
Microsoft is separating controls for Teams Events attendance and engagement reports from those for Teams Meetings. Teams admins should review and prepare their attendance and engagement reporting settings in Teams Events policies before the rollout.
Microsoft is rolling out the redesigned meeting controls and a new share panel in Teams. The changes are designed to prevent misclicks between actions such as Share, Leave, and Raise hand. IT staff should inform their users about the change, as Microsoft will automatically move them to the new experience.