Edward gets someone else to do his homework. Rod returns...or does he? Franks can’t decide if he wants to live in Florida or Virginia. We will also do a run down about all the security and AI.
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Microsoft Community Hub - Monthly news - February 2026 | Microsoft Community Hub
Weekly Microsoft 365 Announced Changes:
Microsoft Teams: Multiple phone number assignment to a single user
ID: 557716 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: In development
Administrators will be able to assign multiple phone numbers (up to 10) to a single user. Users will be able to make and receive phone calls using any...Microsoft Teams: Flexible layout for meetings with resizable divider
ID: MC1239934 | Service: Microsoft Teams | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Microsoft Teams will introduce a resizable divider in meetings (April 2026) allowing users to adjust and swap the space between shared content and vid...Collaborate with Copilot in Outlook while drafting email
ID: MC1239932 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Microsoft 365 Copilot will be integrated into Outlook’s compose window starting March 2026, enabling real-time collaboration for email drafting. Avail...Defender for Office 365 URL click alerts now include Microsoft Teams
ID: MC1239187 | Service: Microsoft Defender XDR | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 URL click alerts will now include Microsoft Teams, enabling detection of malicious link clicks in Teams messages. Th...Microsoft 365 Copilot: Turn Copilot Pages into SharePoint News posts
ID: MC1239186 | Service: Microsoft 365 apps, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: New feature, User impact
Microsoft 365 Copilot will enable users to transfer content from Copilot Pages directly into SharePoint News posts for seamless editing and publishing...Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management - Separate Retention policies for Copilots and AI Apps
ID: MC1238434 | Service: Microsoft Purview | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Admins can now set separate retention policies for Copilot and AI app interactions in Microsoft Purview, allowing faster deletion if needed. This feat...Updates to filtered message viewing in Outlook for iOS and Android
ID: MC1238433 | Service: Microsoft 365 apps | Tags: Feature update, User impact, Admin impact
Outlook for iOS and Android will add an option to search all filtered messages when more exist beyond locally synced items, improving clarity without ...Windows first sign-in restore experience now available
ID: MC1238409 | Service: Windows | Tags: Admin impactNew Roadmap Items
Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention- Security Store now available within Purview DLP to browse, purchase, and enable partner integrations
ID: 557977 | Product: Microsoft Purview | Status: In development
Security Store is now integrated into the Microsoft Purview DLP experience, giving admins an in-product way to discover, purchase, and enable a curate...Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention- New policy configuration options available for inline network and Edge for Business policies
ID: 557976 | Product: Microsoft Purview | Status: In development
Admins can now scope Purview collection policies for unmanaged cloud apps based on the presence of sensitivity labels, enabling more precise discovery...Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Share agents to Teams
ID: 557947 | Product: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Status: In development
With this feature, users will be able to share their agent with a Microsoft Teams team. Users can search for and find teams in the agent sharing dialo...Microsoft Teams: Multiple phone number assignment to a single user
ID: 557716 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: In development
Administrators will be able to assign multiple phone numbers (up to 10) to a single user. Users will be able to make and receive phone calls using any...Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Create Videos in the Clipchamp Start Page
ID: 553215 | Product: Microsoft Clipchamp, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Status: In development
Users can use Copilot to create videos directly from the Clipchamp Start page. Turn a simple prompt or existing document into a polished video in minutesUpdated Roadmap Items
Microsoft Teams: New SlimCore-based optimization for Microsoft Teams in VDI - support for Windows endpoints on Omnissa environments
ID: 518286 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: Rolling out
This feature allows Windows endpoints to optimize Microsoft Teams in VDI environments with the new SlimCore-based media engine, providing an expanded ...Outlook: New search folder types
ID: 549286 | Product: Outlook | Status: Launched
Search Folders are being moved to the Settings experience in the new Outlook for Web and Windows, improving discoverability and alignment with modern ...Microsoft Teams: External Domains Anomalies Report
ID: 536572 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: In development
This new report helps admins proactively spot unusual or risky interactions with external organizations. By analyzing communication trends and detecti...Outlook: New search folder types
ID: 549287 | Product: Outlook | Status: Launched
Search folders are being moved to the Settings experience in the new Outlook for Windows and web, improving discoverability and alignment with modern ...Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Admins can hunt on calls in Microsoft Teams
ID: 531761 | Product: Microsoft Defender for Office 365 | Status: In development
Security admins with Defender for Office 365 Plan 2 can hunt on calls and meetings made inside Microsoft Teams for their organizationNew Message Center Items
Retiring the Impala connector
ID: MC1240748 | Service: Microsoft Power Automate in Microsoft 365 | Tags: User impact, Admin impact, Retirement
The Impala connector will be retired and removed from Copilot Studio, Logic Apps, Power Apps, and Power Automate between April 1-14, 2026. Existing co...SharePoint page template gallery improvements and new templates
ID: MC1240743 | Service: SharePoint Online | Tags: New feature, User impact
SharePoint is enhancing its page template gallery with 31 new templates, improved browsing, filtering, search, and unified Pages and News creation. En...Microsoft Viva – Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption (Power BI) report update with power user insights
ID: MC1240742 | Service: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impact
The Microsoft 365 Copilot adoption (Power BI) report in Viva Insights will be updated by mid-March 2026 with a streamlined layout and new power user i...Microsoft Viva – Copilot Analytics: “All” licensed user page added to the Copilot Dashboard
ID: MC1240741 | Service: Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impact
The Copilot Dashboard will add an “All” view combining licensed Microsoft 365 Copilot and unlicensed Copilot Chat usage, enabled by default with no ad...Copilot entry point changes in Word and handoff to Agent in chat
ID: MC1240704 | Service: Microsoft 365 apps | Tags: Feature update, User impact, Admin impact
Copilot entry points in Word are being unified and moved to a consistent corner, with contextual access via selection floatie (Windows/Web) or right-c...Updated Message Center Items
Microsoft Teams | VDI for Azure Virtual Desktops/Windows 365 and Citrix: macOS support with new SlimCore optimization
ID: MC1151241 | Service: Microsoft Teams | Tags: Updated message, New feature, User impact
Microsoft Teams now supports macOS with a new SlimCore media engine for Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, and Citrix, improving performance, meeting...(Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: Add web links as references in Copilot Notebooks
ID: MC1193414 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebooks will allow users with a Copilot license to add public web links as references, expanding beyond file types like Word a...(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Hiding inactive channels
ID: MC804771 | Service: Microsoft Teams | Tags: Updated message, New feature, User impact
Microsoft Teams paused the rollout of automated hiding of inactive channels, now offering opt-in suggestions for users to review and hide inactive cha...(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Private channels increased limits and transition to group compliance
ID: MC1134737 | Service: Microsoft Teams | Tags: Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Microsoft Teams is updating private channels by increasing limits to 1000 channels per team and 5000 members per channel, enabling meeting scheduling,...(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Choose to hide inactive channels
ID: MC1141958 | Service: Microsoft Teams | Tags: Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact
Microsoft Teams paused the rollout of automated hiding of inactive channels, now offering opt-in suggestions instead. Users can review and hide inactivity
