Microsoft Teams Pro Management portal now includes analytics for desk utilization, similar to meeting room analytics. Desks need to be associated with a peripheral device and licensed with specific Teams licenses to enable this feature.
What you should do
Review the licensing requirements for desk utilization analytics and ensure desks are properly configured. 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
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Teams · verify against the original
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
OneDrive for desktop now provides clearer guidance when file paths exceed the 520-character limit, helping users rename or move files to resolve sync issues.
What you should do
Review the new OneDrive sync experience to understand how to guide users through the process of renaming or moving files. AI-suggested
OneDrive desktop sync users now get clearer, more actionable guidance when file paths exceed the supported 520-character limit. The updated experience shows exactly how many characters a path is over the limit and offers a guided flow to rename or move the affected items so they can sync. GA date: January CY2027
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
OneDrive
Tags
In development, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), OneDrive, Desktop
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
OneDrive is adding administrative controls for the Photos experience on Windows. Organizations can manage whether users sign in with personal Microsoft accounts. These controls help IT teams align OneDrive Photos with their access, data governance, and device-management requirements. GA date: August CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
OneDrive
Tags
Rolling out, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), OneDrive, Desktop
AI analysis
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects OneDrive, Windows · verify against the original
Outlook for iOS and Android will support Microsoft Purview sensitivity label inheritance from attachments. When users attach files with sensitivity labels, Outlook can automatically apply or recommend an email sensitivity label based on organizational policy settings. This helps organizations maintain consistent data classification and protection while reducing manual labeling effort. GA date: September CY2026
Outlook for Mac will automatically apply or recommend Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels based on attached files, enhancing email protection and compliance.
What you should do
Review the new email labeling process to ensure it aligns with your organization's compliance requirements. AI-suggested
When composing an email in Outlook for Mac, Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels can be automatically applied or recommended based on the sensitivity labels of attached files. This helps users consistently protect sensitive information, reduces manual labeling effort, and supports organizational compliance requirements by aligning email protection with the sensitivity of attached content. GA date: September CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Microsoft 365 Apps
Tags
Launched, General Availability, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), GCC, GCC High, DoD, Outlook, Mac
AI analysis
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Outlook for Mac will support Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention policies for calendar events, providing compliance protection for sensitive information sharing.
What you should do
Review and configure Purview DLP policies for calendar events in Outlook for Mac to ensure compliance. AI-suggested
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
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Outlook mobile apps for iOS and Android will support Microsoft Purview DLP wait-on-send policies, allowing administrators to control the user experience during policy evaluation.
What you should do
Review the new DLP settings to ensure they align with your organization's policies and user needs. AI-suggested
Outlook for iOS and Android will support Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) wait-on-send policies. Organizations can require a DLP evaluation before an email is sent and configure how long users must wait for policy evaluation to complete. This helps ensure sensitive information is inspected against organizational policies before messages leave the organization while providing administrators with flexible control over the user experience. 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, Android, iOS
AI analysis
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Outlook for Mac will support Microsoft Purview DLP wait-on-send policies, allowing administrators to control the user experience and ensure sensitive information is inspected before emails are sent.
What you should do
Review the new DLP settings in Outlook for Mac to ensure they align with your organization's policies. AI-suggested
Outlook for Mac will support Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) wait-on-send policies. Organizations can require a DLP evaluation before an email is sent and configure how long users must wait for policy evaluation to complete. This helps ensure sensitive information is inspected against organizational policies before messages leave the organization while providing administrators with flexible control over the user experience. 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
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
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
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
High priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office, Teams · verify against the original
Microsoft Teams will automatically add members to channels associated with specific tags when they join the tag, keeping channel membership up-to-date and reducing manual management.
What you should do
Review the new workflow to ensure it aligns with your team's communication needs and update your channel management processes accordingly. AI-suggested
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
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office, Teams · verify against the original
Microsoft Purview introduces a hard delete capability for OneDrive and SharePoint through secure priority cleanup workflows, allowing compliance admins to manage data more effectively.
What you should do
Review the new hard delete feature to understand how it can be used to comply with changing legal and compliance requirements. AI-suggested
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
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
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
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Admins can now control whether the organizer name appears in the Calendar View on Teams panels. This setting can be configured in the Pro Management portal or on the panel device.
What you should do
Review the new setting in the Pro Management portal to ensure it aligns with your organization's needs. AI-suggested
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
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Teams, Teams Rooms · verify against the original
As of today, whenever the user wants to enable email notifications the policy tips also need to be enabled and vice versa, but with this decoupling the admin can configure the following: 1) None of policy tips or email notification 2) Only policy tips 3) Only Email Notifications 4) Both Email Notifications and Policy tips GA date: August CY2026
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
SharePoint
Tags
Launched, General Availability, GCC, GCC High, DoD, Microsoft Purview, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects SharePoint · verify against the original
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
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Teams · verify against the original
Microsoft Teams introduces default meeting templates that apply preferred settings automatically, reducing manual configuration for organizers. Only Teams Premium license holders can use these templates.
What you should do
Review the new default meeting templates feature to ensure it aligns with your organization's meeting settings requirements. AI-suggested
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
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office, Teams · verify against the original
Microsoft Teams Meetings now offer enhanced AI controls for Copilot, allowing organizers to manage access and IT admins to set policies for AI governance.
What you should do
Review the new policy model to ensure compliance and governance needs are met. AI-suggested
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
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office, Teams · verify against the original
Microsoft Teams will require explicit consent from PSTN participants in one-to-one calls before recording or transcription can start. Participants can consent or decline via their phone keypad.
What you should do
Review the new Teams calling policy for explicit consent in one-to-one PSTN calls to ensure compliance. AI-suggested
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
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office, Teams · verify against the original
Build Dataverse solutions by using coding agents with natural language prompts. For example, "I'm building a recruiting system for Zava Construction. I need tables for Positions, Candidates, Interviewers, Interviews, and Feedback - with lookups, a many-to-many relationship between Candidates and Positions, and a self-referential interview chain. Create everything in a Zava Recruiting solution, load sample data, and show me which candidates are currently interviewing." From this prompt, the agent autonomously: Discovers your Dataverse environment and configures MCP. Creates the solution by usin…
Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Microsoft Dataverse, Web
AI analysis
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · verify against the original
Power Pages MCP server allows makers to expose site data and operations through a secure API, enabling natural language interactions with AI clients. This feature is available in public preview and will generally available in January 2027.
What you should do
Review the Power Pages MCP server documentation to understand how to enable and configure it for your site. AI-suggested
Power Pages MCP server enables makers to expose site data and operations through a secure, standardized interface compatible with AI clients. In the public preview release, makers can enable Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) operations via the site’s Web API layer without writing custom code. Makers can provision the MCP server endpoint through site settings, allowing customers to securely interact with site data or perform operations using natural language queries through popular AI chat clients. Business Value: Power Pages MCP server empowers you to transform site data and operations into …
Type
M365 Roadmap
Tags
In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Power Pages, Web
AI analysis
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office · 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.
What you should do
Review the new features to ensure they meet your organization's needs in GCC-H and DoD environments. AI-suggested
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
Review shared files without losing conversation context. When you open a PDF, Markdown, or HTML file from a Teams chat or channel message, the conversation appears alongside the file and takes you directly to where it was shared, allowing you to catch up on the discussion and respond without closing the file preview or switching back to chat. 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
Low priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Microsoft 365 / Office, Teams · verify against the original
Microsoft Copilot in Dynamics 365 Sales Agent enables admins to configure a semantic model that helps the agent understand CRM data, improving its ability to answer complex questions.
What you should do
Review and configure the semantic model in Power Apps Maker Portal to enhance Sales Agent's capabilities. AI-suggested
Semantic model helps Sales Agent understand the structure and meaning of an organization’s CRM data. It creates a connected representation of CRM metadata, including tables or objects, fields, descriptions, data types, relationships, views, pick-list values, and glossary terms. Sales Agent can retrieve this context when responding to questions, improving its ability to interpret business language and answer complex questions that span related CRM records. Dynamics 365 admins can enable and turn on semantic model in Power Apps Maker Portal and configure the data coverage and signals that Sales …
Type
M365 Roadmap
Services
Teams
Tags
In development, General Availability, Preview, Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant), Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365), Desktop, Mobile, Teams and Surface Devices, Web
AI analysis
Medium priority · generated by qwen2.5:7b · possibly affects Dynamics 365 · verify against the original