Microsoft Teams is introducing a new sharing panel in meetings to improve content discovery and ease of sharing, with a general availability date in December 2026.
The sharing panel in today’s meetings is the default place for content discoverability and sharing. New sharing panel UI is crafted with intent of modernising and simplifying default tasks such as window sharing, but also for easier discovery of sharing options and more discoverable file sharing. 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
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Microsoft Teams now supports two presenters sharing their screens simultaneously in meetings, allowing participants to view both shared content streams at once.
Two presenters can share a screen or window at the same time in a Teams meeting. Participants can see both shared content streams simultaneously, making it easier to compare and discuss content from different presenters. GA date: December CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
In development, General Availability, Targeted Release, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Teams, Desktop, Web
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Event group chat, the private chat for organizers, co-organizers, and presenters in an event or structured meeting, will support external presenters. GA date: December CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
In development, General Availability, Targeted Release, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Teams, Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac
AI analysis
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Users can quickly decline an incoming Teams call and send a predefined message to the caller at the same time. From the incoming call screen, users can select a message such as letting the caller know they're unavailable or will call back, providing helpful context without having to answer the call or separately open a chat. GA date: December CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD, Microsoft Teams, Android, iOS
AI analysis
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Keep collaboration moving without disrupting the main discussion. Start and continue one-to-one or small-group conversations directly from a meeting to ask questions, coordinate next steps, share information, and collaborate in parallel while staying engaged in the conversation, reducing context switching and helping teams stay focused and productive. 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, Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac
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Microsoft Teams Pro Management portal now includes utilization analytics for bookable desks, similar to meeting rooms. Admins need to associate devices and license desks with Shared Space licenses to enable analytics.
What you should do
Ensure bookable desks are associated with peripheral devices and licensed with appropriate Teams Shared Space licenses. AI-suggested
Teams admins can access utilization analytics for Teams bookable desks on Teams Pro Management portal, similar to analytics provided for meeting rooms on the portal today. For utilization analytics to be enabled, a desk needs to have one or more peripheral device associated, and the desk needs to be licensed with Teams Shared Space license or Teams Shared Space - Single Space license. GA date: December CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Teams, Web
AI analysis
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Legacy Teams retention policies that currently apply to Copilot interactions will be converted to Teams-only policies, no longer governing Copilot workloads.
What you should do
Review and adjust existing retention policies to ensure they align with the new Teams-only scope. AI-suggested
Some existing retention policies scoped to Microsoft Teams may currently also apply to Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions. As part of an upcoming change, these legacy Teams retention policies will be converted to—and treated as—Teams-only policies. They will no longer implicitly govern Copilot workloads. GA date: January CY2027
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Purview, Web
AI analysis
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Copilot Chat will be available in Microsoft Teams for chats, channels, calls, and meetings in GCC, GCC High, and DoD environments starting in October 2026.
Copilot Chat will soon be available across chats, channels, calls, and meetings, helping users stay informed and catch up quickly. GA date: October CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
Rolling out, General Availability, GCC, GCC High, DoD, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac, Web
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Microsoft Teams will introduce near-real-time detection of malicious QR codes shared in messages. By analyzing destinations embedded in QR codes, Teams can identify potential phishing and fraud threats and apply additional protections to malicious content, extending existing URL protection to QR-based attacks. GA date: November CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD, Microsoft Teams, Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac, Web
AI analysis
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Microsoft Teams will automatically add members to channels associated with specific tags when they join those tags, keeping channel membership up-to-date and reducing manual management.
Associate channels with a tag so members are automatically added to those channels when they join the tag. This helps teams keep channel membership in sync with evolving groups, reduces manual management, and ensures members have access to the conversations and content most relevant to their role. GA date: November CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
In development, General Availability, Targeted Release, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Teams, Android, Desktop, Mac, Web
AI analysis
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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
AI analysis
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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
AI analysis
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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
AI analysis
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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
AI analysis
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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
AI analysis
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New PowerShell setting (SpeakerAttributionBYOD in csTeamsAIPolicy), enabled by default, gives IT admins more control over speaker attribution in BYOD (bring your own device) meeting rooms. This enhances the experience for users by enabling clear speaker labels and richer in-meeting and post-meeting insights with Microsoft 365 Copilot. Users just enroll profiles via Teams Settings to be recognized. GA date: July CY2025
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Targeted Release, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, Microsoft Teams, Desktop, Mac
AI analysis
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Microsoft Viva Engage now includes a new 'Recent' feed for a more predictable view of followed and priority communications, alongside the existing 'For you' feed.
Introducing a new “Recent” feed in Home to give users a more predictable view of followed and priority communications, while preserving the existing personalized “For you” experience. GA date: August CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Viva, Android, iOS, Teams and Surface Devices, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
IT admins can now apply default meeting settings to Teams meetings, reducing manual configuration for organizers. This feature is available in Teams Premium and will be generally available in November 2026.
Default meeting templates enable IT admins to automatically apply their organization’s preferred meeting settings whenever users schedule a Teams meeting through Outlook or Teams calendar. This helps organizations apply meeting settings (including protection settings) at scale, and reduce the need for organizers to manually configure meeting options. Only organizers with a Teams Premium (T-Pre) license assigned can use Default Meeting Templates. GA date: November CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps, Teams
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Desktop, Mac, Web
AI analysis
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Microsoft Teams introduces enhanced AI controls for Copilot in meetings, allowing organizers to manage AI access and IT admins to set policies for AI governance.
Teams Meetings offer enhanced AI controls for Copilot and AI experiences. Organizers manage who can enable and access AI, while IT admins get a simpler policy model for governing AI across meetings and post-meeting experiences. These updates provide more predictable administration and greater flexibility for compliance and governance scenarios. GA date: November CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Teams, Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac, Web
AI analysis
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Microsoft Teams is introducing the Facilitator feature in GCC, which helps capture notes and manage the meeting agenda. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is needed.
Facilitator is coming to Microsoft Teams meetings in GCC. The Facilitator agent can help capture notes in real time, answers questions about the meeting, and help keep the agenda and discussion on track. A Microsoft 365 Copilot license is required to use Facilitator. GA date: December CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
In development, General Availability, GCC, Microsoft Teams, Desktop, Mac, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office, Teams · verify against the original
Microsoft Teams will require explicit consent for recording and transcription in one-to-one PSTN calls, with participants prompted via audio to consent or decline.
Microsoft Teams will support explicit consent for participants connected through the public switched telephone network (PSTN) in one-to-one calls. When explicit consent is required, PSTN participants will hear an audio prompt when recording or transcription is started. They can use their phone keypad to consent or decline. Participants who decline can remain in the call but stay muted. This capability extends the existing Teams calling policy for explicit consent to one-to-one PSTN calls. GA date: December CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams, Teams Voice
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Teams, Android, iOS, Mobile
AI analysis
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Organizers and presenters in Microsoft Teams can now have a private chat with each other during structured meetings and webinars, separate from attendee chats.
Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters can chat privately in a separate chat from attendees. This chat is available to access before, during, and after the event. GA date: October CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
Rolling out, General Availability, Targeted Release, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, Microsoft Teams, Desktop, Mac
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Teams · verify against the original
The Teams Rooms Pro Management portal now enforces Standard and Basic licenses for Teams Rooms on Windows devices, providing unified management through the portal.
What you should do
Review and ensure that all Teams Rooms on Windows devices have appropriate licenses assigned through the Pro Management portal. AI-suggested
The Teams Rooms Pro Management portal now supports and enforces licenses for devices in Teams Rooms on Windows with a Standard or Basic license. IT admins get a unified device management experience through the Pro Management portal where they can manage those devices with the same functionality found in Teams admin center for that license type. GA date: May CY2025
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams, Teams Rooms
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, Microsoft Teams, Teams and Surface Devices
AI analysis
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Teams, Teams Rooms · verify against the original
Microsoft Teams shared display mode and peripheral detection are now available in GCC-H and DoD environments, enhancing meeting hosting and device management.
Shared display mode in Teams is now available in government CCC-H and DoD environments, enabling more seamless and private meeting hosting from your PC. Additionally, peripheral detection for bring-your-own-device spaces is available for inventory management and reporting through the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal. GA date: March CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams, Teams Rooms
Tags
Launched, General Availability, GCC High, DoD, Microsoft Teams, Desktop, Mac
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Teams, Teams Rooms · verify against the original