Microsoft Edge's Rewrite by Copilot feature will include enterprise data protection for commercial customers once it becomes available, but the release has been paused temporarily.
Rewrite by Copilot in Edge, which lets users edit typed text for tone, format, and length within an open page in Microsoft Edge, is being updated to include enterprise data protection for commercial customers. Once Rewrite is available, users signed in with a Microsoft Entra ID will have enterprise data protection when using the feature in Microsoft Edge. Updated March 20, 2026: We have paused release of this feature temporarily and will announce new release timelines soon. We apologize for any inconvenience. More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/edge GA date: October CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Entra ID
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Edge, Web
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Customers will be able to use various connectors to HRIS tools to import HRIS data into Viva Glint from Microsoft Admin Center. GA date: November CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Viva, Web
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Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Microsoft Copilot in Microsoft 365 introduces structured document generation with forms, allowing organizations to create and manage standardized documents at scale with built-in governance and compliance.
Structured Document Generation with Forms enables organizations to create, manage, and generate standardized documents at scale with built-in governance and compliance in SharePoint. Business process owners can centrally build and maintain form-driven templates -- such as contracts, agreements, proposals, and HR documents -- ensuring content stays accurate and up to date. Users can then generate the right document every time by just filling out the form, without manual formatting, versioning issues, or compliance risk, simplifying high-volume, structured document workflows across the organizat…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
SharePoint
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), SharePoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Desktop, Web
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Microsoft Purview introduces a hard delete capability for OneDrive and SharePoint through secure priority cleanup workflows, allowing compliance admins to bypass retention policies and eDiscovery holds.
Data Lifecycle Management allows compliance admins to retain, review and delete content in M365 workloads. Deletion of content to adhere to compliance requirements, admins can set up Retention policies or labels. To help prevent inadvertent data loss, M365 retention labels policies and M365 retention policies do not hard delete content immediately and keeps the data in Recycle Bins for 93 days for ODSP. Hard delete itself is a very costly process as it opens Microsoft to heavy legal implications in case of any data loss incident that may occur due to a misconfigured policy or regression. Prior…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
OneDrive, SharePoint
Tags
In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Purview, Web
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Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
The Files companion app, part of the Microsoft 365 companion apps suite on the Windows taskbar, now surfaces AI-powered Copilot file prompts for Copilot Chat users. Previously available only to Microsoft 365 Copilot licensees, this update extends contextual file prompts to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat users, enabling them to discover and interact with relevant files through intelligent suggestions. Users can find their most relevant files faster and take action on them directly from the Files app. Update: This roadmap item is no longer accurate and will be removed from the roadmap. We apologize …
Type
M365 Roadmap
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Cancelled, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft 365, Desktop
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Add resilient, AI-powered UI automation directly into your workflows with computer use tools. Makers can build reusable, goal-oriented automations that adapt dynamically to website or app changes, while admins maintain governance through access controls, hosted browser management, and environment-level permissions. Update: This roadmap item is no longer accurate and will be removed from the roadmap. We apologize for any inconvenience. GA date: October CY2026 Preview date: April CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
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Cancelled, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Copilot Studio, Web
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This enables users to export Identifiable row-level Copilot metrics from the Copilot Dashboard for reporting and deeper analysis. This capability can be tuned On by Admins in a tenant. GA date: November CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
In development, General Availability, Targeted Release, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Viva, Web
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We are introducing a new feature for leaders and analysts of Viva Insights, where they can view a Power BI report, and edit time range, filters, attributes and change visuals as per their organizations' needs. They can then save the report for viewing later. GA date: September CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Viva, Web
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Microsoft Copilot Studio introduces the agent node, allowing embedding of reasoning directly into workflows, reducing manual handoffs and operational overhead.
The agent node lets you embed reasoning directly into your workflow. This means fewer manual handoffs, faster processing times, and workflows that can handle nuanced decisions without additional development effort, helping teams automate more of their end-to-end processes and reduce operational overhead. GA date: September CY2026 Preview date: April CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
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Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Copilot Studio, Web
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You can now create a rule that automatically replies to incoming messages with a template you've set up. Set the conditions you care about and pick the template, and Outlook handles the response for you. It's a simple way to send consistent replies without typing the same thing over and over. #newoutlookforwindows GA date: October CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
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Rolling out, General Availability, Targeted Release, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Outlook, Web
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Microsoft 365 Copilot now allows users to share chat sessions and individual responses through a link, making it easier to collaborate and share context within teams.
Session and Response Sharing let Microsoft 365 Copilot users share Copilot chat content through a link. Session Sharing shares a full chat session, while Response Sharing shares a single Copilot response. The shared content opens as a read-only view, and recipients can continue from it in their own Copilot chat. This gives Copilot users an easier and more controlled way to share useful Copilot outputs with coworkers instead of copying and pasting. It helps teams reuse work, share context, and collaborate more efficiently while keeping sharing within organizational controls. GA date: August CY2…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Android, Desktop, Mac, Teams and Surface Devices, Web
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Capacity view shows a timeline of who's working on what, so you can see how work is distributed across your team and spot overload or open capacity at a glance. GA date: October CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
Rolling out, General Availability, Targeted Release, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Planner, Desktop, Web
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Admins can now choose whether the organizer name will show up in the Calendar View on Teams panels. Admins can toggle the "Show organizer name" setting ON or OFF in the Pro Management portal or on the panel device. Based on the selection, the organizer name will or will not be shown in the calendar view on the panel device. Available with Teams Rooms Pro and Teams Shared Space licenses. GA date: October CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams, Teams Rooms
Tags
Rolling out, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Teams, Android, Teams and Surface Devices
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Conditional Coloring highlight tasks based on selected criteria, making priorities, status, and important task details easier to spot. GA date: September CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Planner, Teams and Surface Devices, Web
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Task History in Planner provides a view of recent changes to tasks, helping teams track progress over time. It is generally available as of October 2026.
Task History helps keep teams up to date on changes made to a task. View recent activity to see what changed, when it changed, and track progress over time. GA date: October CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
Rolling out, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Planner, Teams and Surface Devices, Web
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Microsoft Teams is expanding Markdown support in the compose box, giving you more ways to structure and format messages using familiar Markdown syntax. Create richer, more readable messages while staying in the Markdown authoring experience. GA date: December CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
In development, General Availability, Targeted Release, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD, Microsoft Teams, Desktop, Mac, Web
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PowerPoint now displays a clear 'Viewing Only' message when opening a presentation without edit permissions, explaining the restrictions and providing contact information for the owner.
When you open a presentation you don't have permission to edit, PowerPoint now shows a clear "Viewing Only" message bar. It explains that the file is view-only, shows who created it, and tells you to contact the owner if you need more access. GA date: November CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), PowerPoint, Desktop, Mac
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Multiple MAM (Mobile Application Management) Intune Accounts will now be supported in Outlook for Android. Only one MDM (Mobile Device Management) account will be supported at a time per device. GA date: November CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Intune, Microsoft 365 Apps
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In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD, Outlook, Android
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Real-time streaming analytics is built into the new supervisor application. An advanced streaming engine keeps metrics up to date with near-instant updates, allowing supervisors to view the latest data without refreshing the dashboard. Key capabilities include: Continuous, streaming dashboards: Monitor mission-critical KPIs such as queue backlog, service level, abandon rate, and representative presence in near real time. Visual alerts highlight anomalies as they occur. Full-screen wallboards: Display live metrics on high-resolution monitors across the contact center floor, providing teams with…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Contact Center, Web
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Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Dynamics 365 · verify against the original
Microsoft Copilot for SharePoint Site Builder is available in preview and will be generally available in December 2026, allowing users to create new SharePoint sites with guided assistance.
This feature enables users to easily create new SharePoint sites with Copilot. Users can review and confirm a clear site plan before Copilot builds the site. GA date: December CY2026 Preview date: October CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
SharePoint
Tags
In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), SharePoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Web
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Edit with Copilot makes it easier to edit and transform your Excel workbooks on your phone using natural language. Copilot can continue working on your task even when you move away from the app, so you can come back when the work is ready. Chat mode also remains available when you want to ask questions and get insights without making changes to your workbook. GA date: October CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Excel, iOS
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Dynamics 365 Commerce introduces new capabilities for Trade Counter POS, allowing businesses to manage trade counter operations more flexibly and efficiently.
Trade Counter POS is a collection of capabilities for Dynamics 365 Commerce Point of Sale. Businesses can adopt the capabilities individually to support their trade counter operations rather than enable a single, all-or-nothing experience. Counter associates can find customers, organizations, and products quickly. They can review customer history, credit terms, and contract pricing, and use product attributes to identify items that meet the customer's requirements. Associates can build and manage large carts efficiently. Bulk add lets them enter multiple items and quantities, while quick add w…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Commerce, Desktop, Web
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App Blocks enables M365 Copilot Chat users to turn their requests and data into rich, interactive experiences directly within the conversation, including calculators, dashboards, forms, planners, visualizations, simulations, comparison tools, and other interactive apps. It helps users move beyond static responses to explore data, adjust inputs, visualize outcomes, and simulate workflows in place, while supporting grounded scenarios where current information can be retrieved and then rendered into an interactive experience. GA date: October CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac, Web
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Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Excel now includes a new get data skill powered by Copilot, allowing users to describe data needs and have the tool handle data connection and transformation.
Get your data ready, just by asking. Describe the data you need and how you want it prepared, and the new get data skill handles the rest. It can connect and transform your data, then load the results into your workbook using Power Query, giving you a query you can inspect, edit, and refresh without having to build it yourself. Depending on the data source, authentication may be required. GA date: October CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
Rolling out, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Excel, Web
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Dynamics 365 Finance introduces optimized customer data entities for more focused integration of customer information, with GA in July 2027 and a preview in October 2026.
Dynamics 365 Finance introduces a set of optimized customer data entities that provide more focused options for integrating customer information. Instead of relying on a single broad customer entity, organizations can work with purpose-specific entities for core customer information, extended customer attributes, postal addresses, electronic contact information, and customer associations. The optimized entities support both Data management import/export and OData integration scenarios, enabling organizations to build customer integrations around the specific data required for each business pro…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Finance, Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations cross-app, Web
AI analysis
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Dynamics 365 · verify against the original