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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Scanner data export for custom reporting

Microsoft Purview compliance portal will add the ability to export scanner data for custom reporting starting December 2026.

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

Learn about the state of your scanned repositories and create custom reports with the information protection scanner. Labeling, classification and protection actions on scanned files are stored in SQL tables that form a foundation to feed into custom reports. GA date: January CY2027 Preview date: December CY2026

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M365 Roadmap
Tags
In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, Microsoft Purview, Desktop
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Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Teams: New sharing panel in meetings - improved content discovery and ease of sharing

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.

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

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

Outlook: All Accounts view (Unified Inbox) brings your email into a single inbox view

Outlook for Windows introduces the All-Accounts view (Unified Inbox) which consolidates emails from multiple accounts into a single inbox without merging mailboxes, allowing users to manage emails across accounts in one place.

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

The All-Accounts view, also known as Unified Inbox, lets you see emails from multiple accounts in a single inbox view in the new Outlook for Windows, without merging your mailboxes. Each account's inbox stays separate; the view brings them together so you can triage in one place. Users can read, delete, move, archive, and mark messages across accounts without switching between mailboxes. The experience integrates with Copilot for AI-assisted email workflows and supports Immersive Search for finding messages across your primary account. Advanced scenarios such as cross-account search and shared…

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

Outlook: Variable number of message preview lines

Outlook for Windows and Web now lets users choose the number of preview lines (2, 1, or none) for emails in the message list.

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

Outlook for Windows and Outlook for Web will now allow users to modify how the preview text for emails show in the message list. The preview text can now take up 2 lines, 1 whole line, or 0 additional lines. GA date: July CY2026

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

Outlook: Sort improvements to the message list

Outlook will show an additional column for custom sort values and support sorting by Flag Due Date.

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

When sorting on Outlook for Web or Outlook for Windows, if the Sort By field is not one of From, Subject, or Date Received, we will now show an additional column for the Sort By value (e.g., Size). We will also support sorting by Flag Due Date. GA date: June CY2026

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

Outlook: All Day events to show up more clearly in the Mail module Calendar Preview

Outlook will display all-day events more clearly in the Mail module Calendar Preview, making it easier to identify conflicts with Out of Office time or Busy All Day events.

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

We're making it easier to tell when receiving meeting invites that conflict with scheduled Out of Office time or Busy All Day events, on Outlook Web and Outlook for Windows. GA date: August CY2026

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

Microsoft Teams: Two presenters can share their screens or windows simultaneously in meetings

Microsoft Teams now supports two presenters sharing their screens simultaneously in meetings, allowing participants to view both shared content streams at once.

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

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

Microsoft Teams: External presenter support for event group chat

Microsoft Teams will support external presenters in event group chats, which are private chats for organizers, co-organizers, and presenters.

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

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

Dynamics 365 Business Central: Expense Agent - Create expenses from credit card feeds

Expense Agent now supports creating expenses from credit card feeds and automatically reconciling them with existing expenses.

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

Expense Agent now supports creating expenses from imported credit card transaction feeds or automatically reconcile with them if the expense was created earlier. Key capabilities include: Import credit card transaction data and review it in the web and mobile apps. Automatically create expenses from imported card transactions. Match imported transactions to existing expenses, where applicable. Reduce duplicate data entry by leveraging transaction details already captured from credit card feeds. Credit card transactions are manually imported into the Credit Cards Feeds from the file. The system…

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

Dynamics 365 Customer Service: Shared analytics foundation for historical reporting

Dynamics 365 Customer Service introduces out-of-the-box historical reporting built on a shared analytics foundation, supporting scalable data and AI analytics. GA date is October 2026.

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

Dynamics 365 Customer Service provides out-of-the-box historical reporting built on a shared analytics foundation: a scalable, open, and AI-ready data foundation for Customer Experience and AI analytics scenarios across Dynamics 365. It uses a lakehouse-based architecture that can scale with data volume, supports curated analytics datasets for direct querying, and enables consistent reporting and semantic definitions across reports, agents, and copilots. GA date: October CY2026

Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Customer Service, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Dynamics 365 · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Contact Center Intelligence: Biometric authentication

Microsoft is introducing voice biometric authentication for contact centers, which will improve security and reduce costs by enabling natural identity verification during calls.

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

Voice biometric authentication delivers business value by reducing fraud and agent operating costs in contact centers. Voice-based verification improves identity assurance shortens call durations reduces customer service rep effort and enable secure self-service transactions. At the same time, it improves customer experience and scalability by authenticating callers naturally as they speak. This enables consistent, risk-based security across high call volumes without adding authentication friction or process complexity. GA date: November CY2026 Preview date: October CY2026

Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
Rolling out, 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: Network analytics enhancements

Microsoft Viva Engage is getting updated network analytics features, including custom date ranges and faster data refreshes, which will help corporate communicators and network admins analyze activity and engagement more effectively.

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

Network analytics updates are rolling out in Microsoft Viva Engage, giving corporate communicators and network admins more flexibility to analyze activity and engagement across their organization. With this update, network analytics includes custom date ranges, faster activity data refreshes, updated dashboard and metric table designs, expanded organizational filters with search, and new people-manager filters for viewing direct reports or full reporting hierarchies. These enhancements make it easier to explore trends, understand audience engagement, and measure communications impact across th…

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

Dynamics 365 Sustainability: Enhance external sustainability reporting

Enhancements to external sustainability reporting in Dynamics 365 improve standards and assessments structure, search capabilities, and dimension visualizations, making it easier to manage and validate disclosures.

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

This feature delivers enhancements to the external reporting experience with an improved standards and assessments structure and enhanced search capabilities. Users can navigate standards, assessments, and concepts more efficiently, reducing time spent locating and managing reporting content across complex disclosures. New dimension visualizations provide clearer insight into the context of reported data, helping users better understand dimensional attributes and validate disclosures more accurately. The enhancements are automatically enabled within the external reporting experience and requir…

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M365 Roadmap
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Dynamics 365 Sustainability, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Dynamics 365 · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Copilot Studio: Copilot studio cost controls in MAC

Administrators can now manage Microsoft Copilot Studio costs through the Microsoft 365 admin center, providing a centralized way to control spending on AI workloads.

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

We’re expanding cost management for Microsoft Copilot Studio into the Microsoft 365 admin center. This gives administrators a more centralized way to manage Copilot Credit spend across usage-based AI workloads while retaining Copilot Studio cost management capabilities in the Power Platform admin center. With this update, administrators can bring supported Copilot Studio environments and agents under Cost Management spending policies. Resource-based policies for environments and agents are the first planned scopes, with broader user and group policy support planned for a later phase. Furthermo…

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

Dynamics 365 Finance: Enhance positive pay file generation through batch processing

Dynamics 365 Finance will enhance positive pay file generation through batch processing, improving scalability and performance for organizations generating large files.

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

This feature improves the scalability and performance of positive pay file generation by enabling the process to run as a background batch job. Organizations that generate large positive pay files can now offload processing from the interactive user session, reducing the risk of timeouts and improving the overall user experience. The enhancement is designed to support high-volume check payment scenarios while maintaining the existing positive pay functionality and output formats. GA date: December CY2026

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

Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management: Check margins when overriding prices in Unified pricing management

Unified pricing management in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management now includes margin check capabilities for price overrides, ensuring profitability is considered during transactions.

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

Price override allows sales representatives to adjust the preset price of a product during a transaction—typically for business purposes such as customer negotiations and retention. Previously, price override validation only enforced amount-based thresholds, without evaluating how the override would impact profit margins. Unified pricing management now provides margin check capabilities for price overrides across all order entry channels available in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. Orders entered through Commerce Scale Unit or Point of Sale For organizations that use Dynamics 365 Commerc…

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

Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management: Enable fulfillment optimization in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management

Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management now supports Distributed Order Management (DOM) for standard sales orders, allowing automatic fulfillment optimization without relying on Commerce or retail configuration.

Dynamics 365 · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
Details

Original Microsoft text

Distributed order management (DOM) can now optimize fulfillment for standard sales orders in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. Previously, DOM was available only for Dynamics 365 Commerce orders. Now you can use the same rules-based fulfillment engine to automatically choose the best site and warehouse for each sales order line, without depending on Commerce or retail configuration. This feature includes: DOM for standard sales orders: Eligible Supply Chain Management sales orders are picked up by the DOM batch job, evaluated against your fulfillment profile, and assigned the optimal site …

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

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Chat in Outlook expands to reason over inbox, calendar, and enterprise data

Microsoft Copilot Chat in Outlook will expand to analyze inbox, calendar, and enterprise data for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat users starting in October 2026.

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

Original Microsoft text

Copilot Chat in Outlook expanding to support reasoning over a user's entire inbox, calendar and other enterprise data for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat users (without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license) . GA date: October CY2026

Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
Rolling out, General Availability, GCC, GCC High, DoD, Outlook, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Informational

Microsoft Teams: Decline a call with a message on Mobile

Users can now decline incoming Teams calls on mobile and send a predefined message to the caller.

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

Original Microsoft text

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

Microsoft Teams: Start side conversations during meetings

Microsoft Teams introduces side conversations during meetings to allow for one-to-one or small-group discussions without disrupting the main meeting.

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

Original Microsoft text

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

IDC MarketScape names Microsoft a Leader in the 2026 Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security for Enterprises Vendor Assessment

Microsoft has been named a Leader in the 2026 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security for Enterprises.

Security · Microsoft Security Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

IDC has named Microsoft a Leader in the 2026 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security for Enterprises. The post IDC MarketScape names Microsoft a Leader in the 2026 Worldwide Modern Endpoint Security for Enterprises Vendor Assessment appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

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

Tracking AI adoption in North Korean threat actor tradecraft

Microsoft Threat Intelligence is tracking North Korean threat actors' use of AI in their attack operations.

Security · Microsoft Security Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
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Original Microsoft text

As Microsoft Threat Intelligence continues to track how threat actors operationalize AI to increase the speed and efficiency of attacks, we’ve identified North Korean threat actors expanding their use of AI with varying levels of adoption. This blog breaks down how North Korean threat actors are utilizing AI across their operations, reflecting a broader trend of threat actors incorporating AI into their attack chains. The post Tracking AI adoption in North Korean threat actor tradecraft appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.

Type
Announcements
Tags
Microsoft Security Blog, Sapphire Sleet, Sleet, Social engineering
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Security · verify against the original
Informational

Edge is faster on Windows with Accelerated App Launches

Microsoft Edge now supports accelerated app launches on Windows, which is expected to provide a 15% faster launch experience for most users.

Edge · Windows Experience Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
Details

Original Microsoft text

We're excited to announce that Edge is the first browser to support accelerated app launches on Windows, delivering a faster and more consistent browser launch experience. With accelerated app launch, most Windows users will see a 15% launch The post Edge is faster on Windows with Accelerated App Launches appeared first on Windows Blog.

Type
Announcements
Tags
Windows Experience Blog, Uncategorized
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Edge, Windows · verify against the original
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Microsoft Edge Dev Blog
Informational

Blazor Welcomes Open-Source Contributions from Syncfusion

Blazor now supports open-source contributions from Syncfusion, enhancing the component toolkit and framework.

Developer Tools · .NET Blog Original Microsoft announcement ↗
Details

Original Microsoft text

Microsoft and Syncfusion are collaborating on Blazor through a free, open-source component toolkit, framework contributions, and developer tooling. The post Blazor Welcomes Open-Source Contributions from Syncfusion appeared first on .NET Blog.

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

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Enhanced Policy Conditions

Microsoft Purview compliance portal is enhancing policy conditions to detect external email communications and allow combining multiple conditions with an OR capability. Testing conditions before implementation is also introduced.

Security · m365-roadmap Original Microsoft announcement ↗
Details

Original Microsoft text

Three updates are coming to enhance policy conditions. First, our updated policy conditions enable the detection of messages sent and received both to and from external email addresses, allowing you to identify specific instances of information being shared with external contacts. Secondly, with the new OR condition capability, you can combine multiple conditions within the same policy, creating custom logic to suit your unique compliance requirements. Lastly, to make policy creation and updates a seamless process, we've introduced the ability to test conditions before implementing them. By us…

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