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Microsoft M365 Changes
Microsoft Teams: Identify external bots joining your Teams meetings
ID: MC1251206 | Service: Microsoft Teams | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Microsoft Teams will detect and label external meeting assistant bots joining meetings, giving organizers control to approve, deny, or remove them. A ...Copilot extensibility: Microsoft 365 Copilot Declarative Agents model upgrade to GPT‑5.2
ID: MC1251203 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Microsoft 365 Copilot Declarative Agents will upgrade to the GPT-5.2 model by late March 2026, enhancing quality, accuracy, and multi-step workflows. ...Microsoft Teams: Live transcription in Teams Rooms on Android
ID: MC1249432 | Service: Microsoft Teams | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android will gain live transcription with speaker attribution, timestamps, and optional translation, requiring a Teams Rooms ...Plan for Change: Windows Autopatch is enabling hotpatch updates by default
ID: MC1248388 | Service: Microsoft Intune, Windows Autopatch | Tags: Admin impact
Starting May 2026, Windows Autopatch will enable hotpatch security updates by default for eligible Intune devices, speeding up security without restar...RSAT capabilities arrive on Arm-based Windows 11 PCs
ID: MC1248343 | Service: Windows | Tags: Admin impactMicrosoft Purview: Credential Scanning in Data Security Posture Agent
ID: 558436 | Product: Microsoft Purview | Status: In development
We’re expanding the Data Security Posture Agent with a new credential scanning capability. Discover exposed credentials and data security risks across...Microsoft Entra passkeys on Windows now support phishing-resistant sign-in
ID: MC1247893 | Service: Microsoft Entra | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Microsoft Entra passkeys on Windows enable phishing-resistant, passwordless sign-in using Windows Hello on Entra-protected resources, including unmana...Anthropic Claude Sonnet is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot
ID: MC1247880 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Anthropic Claude Sonnet is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot for licensed users, except in EU/EFTA, UK, government, and sovereign clouds. It can ...Windows Autopatch is enabling hotpatch updates by default
ID: MC1247859 | Service: Windows | Tags: Admin impact(Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: Draft and send Outlook email directly in Copilot Chat
ID: MC1247637 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will enable drafting, editing, and sending Outlook emails directly within the chat starting late March 2026. This feature, ...Microsoft Agent 365 Generally Available May 1, 2026
ID: MC1247634 | Service: Microsoft 365 suite | Tags: New feature, Admin impact
Microsoft Agent 365 will be generally available on May 1, 2026, following the Frontier early-access program. Frontier participants retain access and c...New Roadmap Items
Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Add support of hyperlinks in warn & block toast messages for Edge browser
ID: 558688 | Product: Microsoft Purview | Status: In development
With this feature, data officers can now complete their coverage story by now embedding hyperlinks within toast messages for the Edge browser. When th...Microsoft Teams: Honor Windows Do not disturb setting
ID: 557974 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: In development
Microsoft Teams integrates with the Do not disturb setting in Windows to help reduce interruptions. Teams notifications are paused when Do not disturb...Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention – Enrich Defender alerts Graph API with DLP event data
ID: 558681 | Product: Microsoft Purview | Status: In development
Enhance current API infrastructure to provide easy and simple way for customers to export data to integrate with SIEM tools, create automated workflow...Microsoft Teams: Video recap in Teams
ID: 558540 | Product: Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Status: In development
Intelligent meeting recap will now include video-based recaps. Video recap creates narrated video highlights from recorded meetings, featuring key tak...SharePoint: Plan and Create Pages with AI
ID: 558441 | Product: SharePoint | Status: In development
This feature allows you to edit new and existing pages with an AI chat pane. Now, with just prompts, you can add webparts, grounding documents, and re...Updated Roadmap Items
Microsoft Teams: Chat for organizers and presenters in structured meetings and webinars
ID: 392328 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: In development
Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters can chat privately in a separate chat from attendees. This chat is available to access before, during, and a...Planner: Planner Agent in basic plans
ID: 511820 | Product: Planner, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Status: In development
Planner Agent will now be available for M365 Copilot licensed users in all Planner plans, including basic plans.Microsoft Teams: Chat for organizers and presenters in structured meetings and webinars on Teams Rooms on Windows
ID: 557165 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: In development
When a Teams Rooms on Windows acts as an organizer, co-organizer or presenter in a structured meeting or webinar, you have access to the private chat ...Microsoft Teams: Book future meetings directly from Teams panels
ID: 557168 | Product: Microsoft Teams | Status: In development
You can now make an upcoming meeting reservation from a Teams panel by browsing the calendar on the device and choosing any open time slot through mid...Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Deep citations in Copilot
ID: 523223 | Product: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Status: In development
Deep citations let users quickly verify Copilot’s results by linking directly to the relevant part of the reference, boosting trust.New Message Center Items
Microsoft Secure Score: New recommendations for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
ID: MC1251207 | Service: Microsoft Defender XDR | Tags: Feature update, User impact, Admin impact
New Microsoft Secure Score recommendations for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint will roll out in public preview from late February to mid-March 2026. T...Microsoft Teams: Identify external bots joining your Teams meetings
ID: MC1251206 | Service: Microsoft Teams | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Microsoft Teams will detect and label external meeting assistant bots joining meetings, giving organizers control to approve, deny, or remove them. A ...Copilot extensibility: Microsoft 365 Copilot Declarative Agents model upgrade to GPT‑5.2
ID: MC1251203 | Service: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) | Tags: New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Microsoft 365 Copilot Declarative Agents will upgrade to the GPT-5.2 model by late March 2026, enhancing quality, accuracy, and multi-step workflows. ...Microsoft Viva Engage | Email sender domain migration from @yammer.com to @engage.mail.microsoft
ID: MC1251200 | Service: Microsoft Viva | Tags: Feature update, User impact, Admin impact
Microsoft Viva Engage is migrating email sender domains from @yammer.com to @engage.mail.microsoft (and @eu.yammer.com to @eu.engage.mail.microsoft) b...Planned Maintenance: Windows 365 Service
ID: MC1251199 | Service: Windows 365 | Tags: User impact, Admin impact
Planned maintenance for Windows 365 will occur March 23-27, 2026, during non-peak hours by region, with no service downtime. Users may experience brie...Updated Message Center Items
(Update)Microsoft Entra ID: General Availability of passkey profiles and migration for existing Passkeys (FIDO2) tenants
ID: MC1221452 | Service: Microsoft Entra | Tags: Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Starting March 2026, Microsoft Entra ID will GA passkey profiles and synced passkeys for tenants with Passkeys (FIDO2) enabled. Existing configuration...(Updated) Outlook: retiring “Contact Masking” (hide suggested recipients) - March 31, 2026
ID: MC1234566 | Service: Microsoft 365 suite | Tags: Updated message, User impact, Admin impact, Retirement
Outlook is retiring the “Contact Masking” feature on March 31, 2026, which allowed users to hide suggested recipients. Hidden contacts may reappear af...(Updated) Content Security Policies (CSP) are coming to SharePoint Online and might impact your custom SPFx solutions
ID: MC1193419 | Service: SharePoint Online | Tags: Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Starting March 1, 2026, SharePoint Online will enforce Content Security Policy (CSP), blocking scripts from untrusted sources in custom SPFx solutions...Microsoft Teams on the web: New Private Preview for Sign in with Apple and Google for consumers may affect enterprise
ID: MC1102784 | Service: Microsoft Teams | Tags: Updated message, Feature update, User impact, Admin impact
Microsoft Teams on the web plans a new sign-in preview with “Continue with Apple” and “Continue with Google” for consumer accounts via login.microsoft...(Updated) Microsoft Teams: Private chat for organizers and presenters in structured meetings, webinars, and town halls
ID: MC1188222 | Service: Microsoft Teams | Tags: Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact
Microsoft Teams will introduce a private chat for organizers, co-organizers, and presenters in structured meetings, webinars, and town halls, unifying...
