PowerPoint has improved the discoverability of on-screen controls for single-screen presentations, making it easier to navigate slides without a second monitor or Presenter View.
When you present in Slide Show on just one display, like a laptop with no second monitor and no Presenter View, the on-screen presenting controls can be easy to miss. PowerPoint is making single-screen presenting easier: the controls you need to move through your slides and stay in command are more discoverable and useful, helping you present smoothly and confidently without a second screen. GA date: November CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), PowerPoint, Desktop, Web
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PowerPoint for Windows has been updated with a modernized Presenter View that consolidates tools and provides a slide thumbnail strip for easier navigation during presentations.
When you present with Presenter View, finding the right tool or slide shouldn't break your flow. Presenter View in PowerPoint for Windows has a refreshed design: presenter tools, slide navigation, and the timer now sit together in one control bar, and a new slide thumbnail strip lets you see what's coming and jump to any slide. You can also collapse or resize panes to focus on what matters most as you present. GA date: November CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), PowerPoint, Desktop
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When you present with Presenter View, the controls you need should be easy to find at a glance. Presenter View in PowerPoint for Mac has a refreshed design: presenter tools, slide navigation, and the timer now sit together in one control bar, with updated icons and slide thumbnails. You can also collapse the thumbnail pane and the Next Slide and Notes pane to focus on what matters most as you present. GA date: November CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), PowerPoint, Mac
AI analysis
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New export improvements are coming to Cloud Update, making it easier for organizations to access and analyze device data. These enhancements will expand export capabilities across Inventory and Cloud Update device views, include additional device and update information, and allow admins to export filtered results so they can focus on the devices most relevant to their needs. GA date: November CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 app, Web
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Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
A new Pricing tab appears on the contract and quote forms, replacing the Project Price List tab, and displays a consolidated view of prices. Admins should review customizations or automation built against the existing tab before adoption.
What you should do
Review and update any customizations or automation built against the Project Price List tab before the feature is enabled. AI-suggested
Why: This change may need administrator attention depending on how your environment is configured.
A new Pricing tab appears on the contract (and later the quote) and becomes the default pricing surface, replacing the Project Price List tab. Instead of listing only the price lists apply, it displays a consolidated grid of the prices that actually default for each pricing-dimension combination and date. You switch between price types, labor/role, category, and material, with a view picker, and role-price markups appear within the role view. A Date filter defaults to today and updates the grid to reflect date-effective overrides, and a Date effectivity column shows the date range each price i…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Project Operations, Web
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Dynamics 365 Project Operations will notify users when approval sets finish processing, showing success or failure details in-app. Admins can enable this feature by adding approvals to the existing notification settings list.
What you should do
Review and update the 'Select jobs for notification' list to include the necessary approvals for in-app notifications. AI-suggested
Why: This change may need administrator attention depending on how your environment is configured.
When an approval set finishes processing, the person who started it receives an in-app notification built on the existing long-running-process (No More Wait) framework, and they see only notifications for the operations they triggered. On success, a brief pop-up reports that the approval set completed, shows the approval set name, and provides a deep link to the record, and the notification stays in the notifications pane until you clear it. When one or more approvals in the set fail, the notification reports that the set completed with failures, shows the failure reason, and links directly to…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Project Operations, Web
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Dynamics 365 Project Operations will extend date-effective price overrides to expense category and material prices, allowing administrators to manage all three price types in one place. This feature is expected to be generally available in March 2027.
What you should do
Review any plug-ins or default pricing logic for category and material before adopting the new feature. AI-suggested
Why: This change may need administrator attention depending on how your environment is configured.
Project Operations price lists support three price types — role, expense category, and product/material — but only role prices currently support date-effective overrides. This feature extends date-effective price overrides to expense category and material prices, so you can schedule a future or time-bound price change for a category or material the same way you do for a role, without creating a separate, context-specific price list. The system honors the override when it prices a transaction, so the effective price reflects the override in force on the transaction date. The feature also aligns…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Project Operations, Web
AI analysis
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Outlook's Mark as Read feature will be improved to better align with user expectations, marking items as read when using the Unread filter and when opening items in a popout.
Mark as read will be updated to better match user expectations. When using the Unread filter, items will also be marked as read in coherence with the existing "Mark as read when using the reading pane" setting. Additionally, opening an item in a popout will now mark it as read regardless of that setting. #newoutlookforwindows GA date: November CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Outlook, Desktop, Web
AI analysis
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Dynamics 365 Field Service will ensure consistent scheduling outcomes across Project Operations and Field Service, allowing users to schedule from either application and receive the same availability and booking results.
Deliver consistent scheduling outcomes across Dynamics 365 Project Operations and Field Service, regardless of where scheduling begins. When a project task includes resource assignments and planned effort, that demand is represented on the related work order with the same role, resource, duration, and scheduling window. Users can therefore schedule the same demand from either application and receive consistent availability and booking results. When multiple assignments exist, dispatchers can select the specific requirement they want to schedule. When a project task does not provide assignment-…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Field Service, Web
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Dynamics 365 Project Operations will add support for approvers to add comments when approving or rejecting expense reports directly in the Expense Management Mobile App, improving consistency with the web app.
Approvers using the Expense Management Mobile App currently have limited options to provide context when approving or rejecting expense reports. Approval decisions may require comments to provide justification, request clarification, document additional information, or communicate feedback to employees. Without this capability in the mobile experience, approvers may need to switch to the web application to complete the approval process. This enhancement will enable approvers to add and view approval or rejection comments directly within the Expense Mobile App, providing a more consistent exper…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Project Operations, Android, iOS
AI analysis
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This feature strengthens assignment governance by limiting the resources displayed in the Assigned to column to members of the current project team. Project managers can assign tasks only to resources who have already been added to the project, instead of selecting from the organization’s complete resource list. If a resource isn’t part of the project team, the resource must first be added to the team before being assigned a task. This controlled workflow keeps task assignments aligned with the project’s defined staffing model and prevents resources from being assigned outside the established …
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, Dynamics 365 Project Operations, Web
AI analysis
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Dynamics 365 · verify against the original
You can now reference files saved in SharePoint libraries and OneDrive folders when creating a presentation with Copilot using Agent Mode in PowerPoint. GA date: June CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps, OneDrive, SharePoint
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), PowerPoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Web
AI analysis
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Microsoft 365 Apps will enhance the Cloud Update rollout wave functionality, allowing more than three waves and custom delays between them, starting with a preview in May 2026.
New improvements are coming to the rollout wave functionality for Cloud Update. These enhancements will allow organizations to continue leveraging Microsoft Entra ID groups to set up rollout waves, with increased flexibility to configure more than the current limit of three waves. Additionally, admins will be able to assign custom delays between each wave, streamlining phased deployments and offering greater control over update distribution. GA date: June CY2026 Preview date: May CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Entra ID, Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 app, Desktop, Web
AI analysis
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Administrators can now roll back devices to a release from two versions prior on the Monthly Enterprise Channel, maintaining security updates and centralized control.
Cloud Update is expanding rollback options for devices on Monthly Enterprise Channel. Administrators will be able to roll back devices to a release from two versions prior, with the latest available security updates for that release, and keep devices in the rolled-back state across subsequent releases until they are ready to resume updates. This provides additional time to investigate and resolve compatibility issues while maintaining security coverage and centralized control through the Microsoft 365 Apps admin center. More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365-apps/admin-center/clo…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Entra ID, Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 app, Desktop, Web
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Legal plugins in Copilot are available in Word and Cowork, allowing legal professionals to summarize, draft, review, and redline legal documents using Microsoft 365 context and third-party sources.
Legal plugins in Copilot provide purpose-built skills to help legal professionals summarize, draft, review, and redline legal documents. Available in Word and Cowork, these plugins can use work context from Microsoft 365 and connect to supported third-party legal sources. GA date: October CY2026 Preview date: April CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
Rolling out, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Word, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Desktop
AI analysis
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When you add a Teams meeting to an event in Outlook for Mac, the join link and dial-in details now appear in the invite while you're still writing it. A new Meeting Options button lets you change the Teams meeting settings right away, before you send. GA date: November CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps, Teams
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Outlook, Mac
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
This feature enables employees to automatically generate expense entries for predictable, repeatable business expenses (for example, monthly mobile bills, internet charges, parking, and subscriptions) without manual re-entry each period. It reduces repetitive effort, improves compliance, and ensures timely and accurate expense submission, while respecting organizational expense policies and approval workflows. GA date: March CY2027 Preview date: July CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Project Operations, Web
AI analysis
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Microsoft Copilot is now generally available for editing workbooks in Excel for Web, Windows, and Mac, allowing users to collaborate with AI in real-time.
Edit with Copilot lets you build and edit workbooks side by side with Copilot. When you're updating budgets, creating financial models, or analyzing data, Copilot uses Excel's most powerful tools like tables, charts, PivotTables, and formulas to help you get the job done. GA date: October CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
Rolling out, General Availability, GCC, GCC High, DoD, Excel, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Desktop, Mac, Web
AI analysis
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Copilot in PowerPoint is now generally available for Microsoft 365 Copilot–licensed users, allowing natural conversation-based creation and editing of presentations.
Copilot in PowerPoint lets you create, edit, and refine presentations through natural conversation, directly in your presentation. You can start a new presentation or build on an existing one, asking Copilot to generate slides, update content, improve layouts, and polish design—while preserving formatting, structure, and branding. Copilot uses your files, meetings, emails, and more to help shape content and iterate quickly, and it connects to your brand kit so you can apply branded templates, insert brand approved images, and check for brand compliance. Available to Microsoft 365 Copilot–licen…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
Rolling out, General Availability, GCC, PowerPoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Desktop, Web
AI analysis
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Microsoft Copilot in PowerPoint allows users to create and edit presentations using natural language commands, with support for branding and compliance checks. Available to Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) users.
Copilot in PowerPoint helps you create, edit, and refine presentations through natural language—right inside your deck. Start a new presentation or build on an existing one by asking Copilot to generate slides, update content, improve layouts, and polish design, all while preserving your formatting, structure, and branding. Copilot can also connect to your brand kit to apply branded templates, insert brand-approved images, and check for brand compliance. Available to Microsoft 365 Copilot (Premium) users. GA date: October CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
Rolling out, General Availability, GCC High, PowerPoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Desktop, Web
AI analysis
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We are bringing back send availability on both iOS and Android. iOS users will now also be able to access more of this feature via keyboard and voiceover. GA date: October CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
Rolling out, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Outlook, Android, iOS
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
PowerPoint now allows setting slide size from a modern task pane, with common and social media presets, and customization options. Available in preview from October 2026, generally available in November 2026.
Change slide size in PowerPoint from a modern task pane that keeps you in the flow of editing with real-time slide changes. Choose common slide sizes including new social media presets, or customize dimensions with a cleaner, more approachable experience. GA date: November CY2026 Preview date: October CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), PowerPoint, Desktop
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Change slide size in PowerPoint from a modern task pane that keeps you in the flow of editing with real-time slide changes. Choose common slide sizes including new social media presets, or customize dimensions with a cleaner, more approachable experience. GA date: November CY2026 Preview date: October CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), PowerPoint, Mac
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Zero-effort task completion enables project managers and team members to mark tasks as complete even when no effort was planned or recorded. This capability supports milestones, administrative activities, checklists, and other tasks that track completion without requiring work hours. This is for both Project Operations core and Project Operations connected with ERP deployment types. GA date: November CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, Dynamics 365 Project Operations, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Dynamics 365 · verify against the original