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Microsoft Teams: Collect information with list form in Workflows

Microsoft Teams now allows starting workflows with a form to collect information. This feature is generally available as of September 2026.

Microsoft 365 / Office · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Starts a workflow with a form to collect the information you need to run the rest of your workflow. GA date: September CY2026

Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Targeted Release, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Teams, Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office, Teams · verify against the original
Informational

Outlook: Purview Data Loss Prevention support for Calendar Events in Outlook for Mac

Outlook for Mac will support Microsoft Purview DLP policies for calendar events, providing compliance protection for sensitive information sharing.

Microsoft 365 / Office · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Outlook for Mac will support Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies for calendar events. Organizations can detect and help prevent the sharing of sensitive information in meeting subjects, descriptions, and invite content through policy tips, user remediation, and policy enforcement. This provides consistent compliance protection across email and calendar experiences on Mac devices. GA date: November CY2026

Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD, Outlook, Mac
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Teams: Copilot Chat for chats, channels, calls, and meetings in GCC, GCC High, and DoD

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.

Microsoft 365 / Office · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

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
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Teams · verify against the original
Informational

SharePoint: Changes to the FAQ web part authoring experience

The SharePoint FAQ web part will switch to a standard manual authoring experience, while AI-assisted creation will move to the Copilot. Existing content will remain unchanged.

Microsoft 365 / Office · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

The SharePoint FAQ web part will provide a standard, non-AI experience for manually creating, editing, and managing FAQs. The AI-assisted FAQ creation and import will move to the Copilot in SharePoint authoring experience, where authors can use natural-language prompts and selected grounding sources to generate FAQ content that is saved to the compatible FAQ web part. Existing FAQ web parts and their content will continue to render without migration. GA date: October CY2026

Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
SharePoint
Tags
Rolling out, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, SharePoint, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office, SharePoint · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Purview: Unified Classification Management Experience

Microsoft Purview introduces a unified interface for managing classifiers including SITs, EDM, and trainable classifiers.

Security · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

The Unified Classification Management Experience unifies every classifier in Microsoft Purview—Sensitive Information Types (SITs), Exact Data Match (EDM), fingerprint SITs, and trainable classifiers—into one place to discover, create, validate, and manage classifiers. GA date: January CY2027 Preview date: October CY2026

Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Purview, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Security · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Teams: Near-real-time detection of malicious QR codes in messages

Microsoft Teams will add real-time detection of malicious QR codes in messages, extending URL protection to QR-based attacks.

Microsoft 365 / Office · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

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
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office, Teams · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Teams: Workflow to automatically add tag members to relevant channels

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.

Microsoft 365 / Office · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

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
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Teams · verify against the original
Informational

Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management: Improve rental operations and fulfillment

Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management introduces new rental management capabilities to help organizations manage and monetize assets throughout the rental lifecycle.

Dynamics 365 · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

As organizations expand beyond one-time asset sales to rental, leasing, and servitization business models, new rental management capabilities help them manage and monetize the assets they build, own, and operate throughout the rental lifecycle. In Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, organizations can manage availability and reservations, fulfillment, delivery and pickup, inspections, and returns. These capabilities can help improve fleet utilization, reduce idle time, and streamline the movement of fleet items between locations, jobsites, and customers. Together, connected rental processes a…

Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Field Service, Dynamics 365 Finance, Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Web
AI analysis
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Dynamics 365 · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Contact Center Intelligence: Knowledge

Microsoft Contact Center Intelligence introduces knowledge sources that allow agents to access enterprise data from various sources, enhancing their responses with relevant information.

Other · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Knowledge sources ground your agent's responses in enterprise data. When you add knowledge sources, agents can use enterprise data from Power Platform, Dynamics 365 data, websites, and external systems. By using knowledge sources, your agents can provide relevant information and insights for your customers. You can incorporate knowledge sources into agents during their initial creation, or add them after the agent is created. Published agents that contain knowledge use the configured knowledge sources to ground the published agent. You can incorporate knowledge at the agent level, in the Knowl…

Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Contact Center Intelligence, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Viva: Insights and Copilot Analytics in DoD

Microsoft Viva Insights and Copilot Analytics are being introduced to the Microsoft 365 DoD environment, offering privacy-protected analytics to help organizations understand Copilot usage and employee collaboration.

Microsoft 365 / Office · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
Details

Original Microsoft text

Microsoft Viva Insights and Copilot Analytics are coming to the Microsoft 365 Department of Defense (DoD) environment, providing eligible organizations with privacy-protected, role-based analytics experiences to help them understand Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption, usage, and impact. Viva Insights also provides data-driven behavioral insights into how employees collaborate, helping organizations improve productivity and wellbeing within the DoD environment. GA date: January CY2027

Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
In development, General Availability, DoD, Microsoft Viva, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot app mode handoffs

Microsoft Copilot will suggest switching to a better-fit mode based on the user's prompt, with the feature generally available in November 2026.

Microsoft 365 / Office · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
Details

Original Microsoft text

The Chat experience in the Copilot app will suggest a better-fit mode based on the user's prompt, if applicable. For example, it will suggest Cowork or other supported modes as they become available. Users will see a suggestion card after they send a prompt in Chat, with an explanation of the better-fit mode and an option for the user to switch to the suggested mode. Their chat conversation will be attached to the prompt in the new mode to maintain context. GA date: November CY2026

Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Informational

Power Pages: Track Power Pages performance and usage with monitor hub

Power Pages metrics such as session count, session duration, page load time, and error rate are now available in the monitor hub for performance and usage insights.

Other · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Power Pages is integrated into the monitor hub. This integration empowers site owners, makers, and administrators to access performance and usage insights directly within the monitor hub of the Power Platform admin center. Metrics available The following metrics will be surfaced in monitor hub: • Session count: Tracks the number of sessions. • Session duration: Measures the average time spent in a session. • Page load time: Captures the time it takes for a web page to fully load (P75). • Error rate: Measures the percentage of requests where pages become unresponsive or return component-level e…

Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Power Pages, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · verify against the original
Informational

Power Automate: AI-assisted UI Automation repair

A new feature in Power Automate will automatically repair UI automation selectors during flow execution, offering suggestions for problematic selectors. This is available in preview starting July 2026.

Dynamics 365 · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
Details

Original Microsoft text

A new agentic debug run feature will be available in the flow designer. The UI automation repair interface launches while the flow is running, validating each selector used in the flow. It then proposes a new selector in case an existing one does not work as expected, after the user captures the respective element for reference. GA date: March CY2027 Preview date: July CY2026

Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Power Automate, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · verify against the original
Informational

Azure DevOps Server RC (26H2) Is Now Available

Azure DevOps Server RC (26H2) is now available, bringing new features and improvements. Administrators can download and upgrade to this version.

Azure · Azure DevOps Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Today we’re releasing the release candidate (RC) of the next Azure DevOps Server release. It brings new features previously available in our hosted version, along with security and quality improvements. You can download Azure DevOps Server RC (26H2) today. A direct upgrade to Azure DevOps Server RC is supported from any version of Team Foundation […] The post Azure DevOps Server RC (26H2) Is Now Available appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.

Type
Announcements
Tags
Azure DevOps Blog, Azure DevOps Server, Releases
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · verify against the original
Informational

Visual Studio October Update – Compare Commits to Your Code, Resolve Conflicts in Bulk, Keep Coding

Visual Studio has been updated with new features like comparing commits, resolving merge conflicts in bulk, and improved Copilot chat.

Microsoft 365 / Office · Visual Studio Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

Compare commits with your working tree, resolve merge conflicts in bulk, and keep coding with refreshed Copilot chat, Hot Exit, keyboard tab controls, and Fonts and Colors. The post Visual Studio October Update – Compare Commits to Your Code, Resolve Conflicts in Bulk, Keep Coding appeared first on Visual Studio Blog.

Type
Announcements
Tags
Visual Studio Blog, Visual Studio, Git, GitHub Copilot, Productivity
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · verify against the original
Informational

The AI advantage your company can keep

Microsoft's research shows how shared knowledge among companies can improve coordination and operational efficiency among their agents.

Microsoft 365 / Office · Microsoft 365 Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

New research across more than 200 enterprises looks at how shared knowledge can help companies coordinate their agents—and turn lessons from their work into an operational edge. The post The AI advantage your company can keep appeared first on Microsoft Copilot Blog.

Type
Announcements
Tags
Microsoft 365 Blog
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Informational

Blazor Welcomes Open-Source Contributions from Infragistics

Microsoft and Infragistics are collaborating to add open-source components and new .NET 11 analyzers to Blazor.

Developer Tools · .NET Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
Details

Original Microsoft text

Microsoft and Infragistics are collaborating on Blazor through free, open-source components, new .NET 11 analyzers, and developer tooling. The post Blazor Welcomes Open-Source Contributions from Infragistics appeared first on .NET Blog.

Type
Announcements
Tags
.NET Blog, .NET, ASP.NET Core, Blazor, .NET 11, Blazor analyzers, Ignite UI, Infragistics, open source
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Developer Tools · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Viva: Import HRIS data in Viva Glint from Microsoft Admin Center

Customers can now use connectors from the Microsoft Admin Center to import HRIS data into Viva Glint.

Microsoft 365 / Office · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
Details

Original Microsoft text

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
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Structured Document Generation with Forms

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.

Microsoft 365 / Office · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
Details

Original Microsoft text

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
Entra ID, SharePoint
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), SharePoint, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Desktop, Web
AI analysis
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office, SharePoint · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Purview: Data Lifecycle Management– Hard delete capability for OneDrive and SharePoint through secure priority cleanup workflows

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.

Microsoft 365 / Office · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
Details

Original Microsoft text

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
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft 365: Companion apps - Copilot prompts in the Files app now available for Copilot Chat users

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat users now receive AI-powered file prompts in the Files app, helping them find relevant files faster.

Microsoft 365 / Office · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
Details

Original Microsoft text

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
Tags
Cancelled, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft 365, Desktop
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Copilot Studio: Supercharge your workflows with computer use

Microsoft Copilot Studio is being removed from the roadmap and will no longer be available.

Dynamics 365 · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
Details

Original Microsoft text

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
Tags
Cancelled, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Copilot Studio, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Viva: Create and customize PBI reports

Microsoft Viva adds a new feature allowing leaders and analysts to customize Power BI reports for their organization.

Microsoft 365 / Office · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
Details

Original Microsoft text

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
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Copilot Studio: Invoke agents as workflow steps with the agent node

Microsoft Copilot Studio introduces the agent node, allowing embedding of reasoning directly into workflows, reducing manual handoffs and operational overhead.

Dynamics 365 · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
Details

Original Microsoft text

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
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Copilot Studio, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · verify against the original
Informational

Outlook: Reply with a Template in Rules

Outlook for Windows now allows users to set up rules to automatically reply to incoming messages using predefined templates.

Microsoft 365 / Office · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
Details

Original Microsoft text

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
Tags
Rolling out, General Availability, Targeted Release, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Outlook, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original