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Exchange: Message Recall in Exchange Online

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:00:00 Z

The Message Recall feature in Outlook for Windows is extremely popular with users, yet it doesn't always work so well. Part of the problem is that the recall is client-based, and the recall can only happen if the recipient also uses Outlook. With millions of users with mailboxes in Microsoft 365, we're now able to improve message recall by performing the recall directly against the recipients’ cloud mailboxes. So it will no longer matter which email client the recipient uses, the recall will happen in their cloud mailbox, and when the recipient’s email client syncs with their cloud mailbox, the message will be gone. While there are still some scenarios where a recall won't happen (like for messages sent outside of the Microsoft 365 organization), moving the recall to the cloud significantly improves the recall success rate. Additionally, users will also now have a single message recall status report that will make it simpler to track the recall status for all recipients.
GA date: February CY2023

Microsoft 365: The new look of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word Web

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 22:16:33 Z

Excel, PowerPoint, and Word web have a refreshed look that?provides a simpler, more coherent experience that lets you focus more easily on your work.
GA date: August CY2023
Preview date: November CY2022

Microsoft 365 admin center: Experience insights for Microsoft 365 admins

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 23:19:44 Z

The Experience insights in the Microsoft 365 admin center offers admins consistent data across usage, feedback, Net Promoter Score, and Help articles consumption. Admins can use such data to increase user satisfaction by launching relevant trainings and awareness campaigns in the organization. This experience would be particularly valuable to those roles in the IT organization who are responsible for understanding and improving the user experience for Microsoft 365. Note: We apologize for stating that this has rolled out, when in fact it will not until December 2023. We value your patience and appreciate your understanding.
GA date: December CY2023
Preview date: August CY2022

Microsoft 365 admin center: Relevance recommendation for Message Center posts

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 22:05:29 Z

The new relevance recommendation in Message Center will help you determine how relevant a change is to your tenant. The recommendation (high, medium, or low) will be determined based on multiple factors, such as service usage and the type of change. We have paused the rollout to improve the recommendation, prior to proceeding and have adjusted the status to reflect this. Thank you for your patience.
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Controlling Topic highlights on SharePoint

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 23:10:35 Z

The long-awaited feature to control what Topics get highlighted on SharePoint pages and news posts with an alternative user experience to discover Topics on the page.
GA date: November CY2023
Preview date: October CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Topics in Outlook Desktop

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 23:09:26 Z

Learn more about topics being discussed in your organization without leaving Outlook Desktop. With this feature, Viva Topics can detect that a topic is mentioned in the email that is currently in focus in read mode. In this case, Viva Topics will prompt the user to open the Viva Insights panel where they can see a list of all topics referenced in the email along with a view of the topic descriptions and the people/resources associated with the topics.
GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit (Premium) – Customized retention policies for 10-Year Audit Log Retention Add On

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:09:45 Z

This feature will enable customers with the 10-Year Audit Log Retention Add On for Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium) to create additional customized retention policies. The new options are 7 days, 30 days, 3 years, 5 years, and 7 years retention.
GA date: June CY2023
Preview date: April CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals Enhanced Filters and Custom Views

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 23:25:55 Z

User can now filter OKRs in entity and explorer pages and save custom views to quickly access views that are most relevant.
GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Export Viva Goals OKR view to PowerPoint

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:15:53 Z

New feature allows users export a list and create a slide for each OKR in PowerPoint
GA date: September CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Apply Purview Message Encryption branding with DLP policy

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 23:19:03 Z

Purview Messaging Encryption supports customized branding templates for encrypted mail sent to external recipients. The functionality is being brought to Data Loss Prevention from Exchange mail flow rule. In addition, DLP policies provide additional configuration to control whether Microsoft 365 external recipients will be able to view the encrypted mail inline using Outlook or the encrypted portal experience.
GA date: August CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Topic Activities on topic experiences

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:21:04 Z

Viva Topics helps you stay updated on topics of interest by bringing AIand human activities on the topics including topic updates, conversations andmore to experiences across Microsoft 365.
GA date: October CY2023
Preview date: October CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Topics Teams app

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 23:15:48 Z

Viva Topics Teams app as the new destination for discovering new and trending topics in the organization, providing feedback on suggested topics, catching up on activities on topics of interest and more.
GA date: November CY2023
Preview date: October CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Follow a topic

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 23:15:50 Z

Users can now follow topics from experiences across Microsoft 365 and the Viva suite to receive personalized experiences and notifications of activities around topics of interest.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Universal Print: Integration with macOS

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 23:04:18 Z

The native integration of Universal Print with macOS will empower macOS users to print from any app, just like Windows users can today. Whether people are on Windows or macOS, they have a seamless, no learning curve print-experience. Organizations benefit from the simplicity of a single print-solution for all users.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: January CY2024

OneNote: Insert meeting details from across M635

Fri, 23 Jun 2023 22:06:32 Z

Easily access meeting content across Loop, Outlook, and Teams directly in your OneNote canvas.
GA date: February CY2024
Preview date: August CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Sequence detections for obfuscation involving excluded events

Tue, 30 May 2023 23:33:21 Z

This change enhances sequence detection to improve its effectiveness in identifying users who are performing obfuscation activities that may result in a data security incident, such as file renaming, to evade detection. With this improvement, Insider Risk Management can detect sequences that may result in potential data security incidents, even if the obfuscation activities in those sequences involve excluded events, such as an excluded keyword. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: February CY2024
Preview date: September CY2023

Outlook: Local Contact Search

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 23:17:11 Z

With a newly added search bar, you may now search your local contact list in Outlook mobile by typing the name of a contact.
GA date: October CY2023
Preview date: September CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Enhanced recommendations for no-alert policies

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 23:45:10 Z

With this update, admins with the appropriate permissions can get insights-enhanced recommendations for policies that do not generate alerts on the policy page. The enhancement provides admins with recommended thresholds derived from real-time analytics, making the recommendations highly actionable and enabling the effectiveness of the policy. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: February CY2024
Preview date: September CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Using Topics in Viva Engage will grant limited access to Viva Topic Names

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 23:28:07 Z

As part of the Viva Engage (Yammer) transition to the Viva Topics platform, Viva Engage posts (conversations, questions, polls, announcements, storyline posts) will be considered as Viva Topic resources. As a result, topic names will be applied to posts and will grant limited access to the topic for all users with access to the post.
GA date: September CY2023

Microsoft Teams: App centric management in Teams Admin Center to manage the Apps access for tenants, end-users, and groups

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 23:34:11 Z

App centric management introduces new admin settings to control who in the tenant can install Teams apps. First, admins can set a default value for new apps that are published to Teams app store. Second, admins can edit the availability of an app to 'All users can install', 'Specific users and groups can install', or 'No user can install'. This feature evolves the existing app permission policies and provides admins with the ability to manage access to the app individually. The app permission policies for existing customers are migrated to maintain existing app availability in the tenant.
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights secure bridge to Microsoft Fabric

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:29:54 Z

Create custom solutions with unique insights! Microsoft Graph Data Connect provides secure bridge from Viva Insights to Microsoft Fabric, where you can create even deeper views of how workforce behaviors influence the outcomes your care about by combing computed metrics from Viva Insights with additional data sources, such as data warehouse or line of business and custom applications. Create custom views and experiences by embedding calculated metrics – either directly from Viva Insights or enriched metrics – into third-party and bespoke applications.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights flexible data model

Thu, 24 Aug 2023 23:14:19 Z

Add any contextual data about your business using seamless data ingress and a flexible data model to support outcome-driven scenarios, such as sales or developer productivity.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights custom nudges

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 23:43:52 Z

Customers and partners to configure custom nudges and recurring nudge workflows. The framework supports custom targeting criteria, UX templates, publication tools, and visibility into impact measures. Supports nudging workflows for a chain of nudges and recurrence for weekly or monthly suggestions.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Admin Units support in Data Loss Prevention and Information Protection

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 22:08:44 Z

With this capability organizations will be able to delegate management and remediation authority for different people in different regions or organization units with role-based access control (RBAC) via Azure Active Directory Administrative Units. Eg – German investigators should be able to investigate alerts and audit events for only German users.
GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals – Improved creation, editability, and saved views in review dashboards

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 23:40:43 Z

Users will save time in preparing for goal review processes with a simplified review dashboard creation and editing experience, and the ability to leverage saved views instead of starting from scratch.
GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals - Simplified Goal Creation

Thu, 24 Aug 2023 23:14:28 Z

Users can save time in adding or creating Goals with the new simplified creation experience.
GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Teams: In-meeting Error Messaging

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 23:13:51 Z

Microsoft Teams Meeting users will be notified directly through the error message for why they cannot access meeting chats when their chat access is limited by policy or due to system limitations and unexpected errors. This will only be available in the new Teams experience.
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Search: Microsoft Graph connector crawl failure notifications in Service Health dashboard

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:22:27 Z

Admins get a notification in the Service Health dashboard when Microsoft Graph connectors crawl fails.
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Search: Answer insights and enhanced user adoption analytics

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:11:37 Z

Answer analytics for Microsoft Search provides insights into how editorial content like Bookmarks, Acronyms and Q&A are performing within the organization. Enhanced user analytics provides insights into search adoption across search applications like SharePoint, Microsoft Search for Bing, Microsoft Search for Windows, Microsoft365.com, and now also cover in-app searches from Outlook, Teams and other office applications.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft 365 admin center: Integrated Apps in M365 admin center for managing apps across M365 suite products

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 23:40:33 Z

Introducing Integrated Apps in M365 admin center to allow admins to discover, deploy and manage apps across various M365 suite products.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Topics - Viva Engage conversations and Q&A appears on Topic Card as Activity

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:07:32 Z

Viva Engage conversations and Q&A which are associated to a topic appear on the Topic Card as new activity.

GA date: January CY2024
Preview date: December CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Apply protection at the time of egress on endpoints (U.S. Government clouds)

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 23:16:03 Z

Extend protection to unclassified files on Windows endpoint by applying restrictions defined in DLP policies at the time of egress.

GA date: November CY2023

Outlook for Windows: Send email from your proxy email address (alias)

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:10:08 Z

This feature had been delayed and the timeline has been updated. Send email from a proxy email address or account alias rather than your primary email address. The alias email address will be preserved in the FROM and REPLY TO for the recipients.

GA date: October CY2022
Preview date: June CY2022

Outlook: Notifications pane in Outlook for Windows

Mon, 02 May 2022 23:14:39 Z

Using the Notifications pane, you can stay connected with updates focused on you, like @mentions, that you might have missed in the context of your regular mail.

GA date: January CY2023

Microsoft Outlook: Search now shows results from Teams messages

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 00:21:09 Z

Search results in Outlook on the web will now show Teams messages and files shared in Teams conversations

GA date: February CY2023

Outlook: Editor proofing in multiple languages.

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 23:50:57 Z

Outlook on the web can now proof your writing simultaneously in up to three languages. Users must select which languages to add in Editor settings.

GA date: December CY2022

Outlook: New Outlook for Windows and web - Language Sync for accounts

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 22:17:25 Z

Users will have the option to enable language sync between their accounts and the new Outlook for Windows and web clients. The option can be found in Settings in those clients, once enabled it will sync the language a user has set in "MyAccount" with the Outlook clients mentioned. This means, the language that a user has set in "MyAccount" will start to be used in Outlook. This feature will be off by default and users can choose to opt-in.
GA date: April CY2023

Microsoft Viva: App type support in the Store for Viva Connections

Fri, 12 Aug 2022 22:08:13 Z

Improved filters and badges in the SharePoint Store to support Viva Connections ACEs. Users can easily identify and find adaptive cards that work in Viva Connections Dashboard.

GA date: September CY2022

Microsoft Viva: Search in Viva Connections Mobile for Android

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 07:00:00 Z

Adding a search entry point and a new tailored experience for Viva connections users on mobile in Android.

GA date: December CY2023

Outlook: Sort By Category

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 23:26:05 Z

This feature allows users to sort their emails by categories in inbox and other folders. It will help users stay focused and organized by allowing them to group related emails together directly in the message list. This update will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web.

GA date: November CY2023

Outlook: Work location in scheduling assistant for Android

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 23:40:22 Z

You can now view your colleagues' work locations when scheduling a meeting.

GA date: July CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit (Premium) - Customized Retention Policies: Long-Term Retention

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 23:29:54 Z

Currently available in public preview, releasing several new long-term retention policies as part of the 10-year Audit Log Retention add-on SKU. These include 3 years, 5 years, and 7 years. These are available for customers with the 10-Year Audit Log Retention license.

GA date: December CY2023

SharePoint: Accessibility Updates to Tables

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 23:10:53 Z

Accessibility improvements to tables within the text webpart allow users to specify row and column layouts, as well as provide alternative text labels for screen readers.

GA date: January CY2024

SharePoint: Clipchamp Premium features

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:44:12 Z

Clipchamp Premium features help users take their content to the next level. With Clipchamp Premium, users can easily apply brand fonts, colors and logos with brand kit, add top-tier assets for commercial use, and export crisp, well-defined visuals as 4K, 30fps, MP4 files and access advanced analytics. Clipchamp Premium features will be available as a standalone SKU, as well as an add-on to the following Microsoft 365 SKUs: Microsoft 365 E3, Microsoft 365 E5, Microsoft 365 Business Standard, and Microsoft 365 Business Premium.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Expanded view for profile card

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 23:12:52 Z

With the expanded view of the profile card, users will now be able to see a richer view of a person's profile, such as their contact data, custom properties, and their LinkedIn information. This expansion also enables the user to view richer organization chart information about the person they are interacting with, without leaving the context they are in. Note: The launch state was incorrect and has now been changed to reflect the correct state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
GA date: May CY2023

Excel: Office Scripts now available in Government Community Cloud (GCC)

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 23:13:46 Z

Office Scripts enable users with all levels of Excel experience, from beginners to those with advanced coding expertise, to automate repetitive spreadsheet tasks in Excel. Scripts can be created with the Action Recorder or the Code Editor using the Office Scripts API and run in an Excel workbook. Office Scripts will soon become available to GCC users on Windows, Mac, and the web.
GA date: September CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Home

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:06:29 Z

Viva Home is the home for the Viva suite on the web. Accessible via microsoft365.com app launcher and app explorer, it provides a single landing destination on the web for Viva users with the goal to help with education, discovery and navigation to licensed Viva modules.

GA date: November CY2023

Outlook: New Outlook for Windows and web - Find Related Search (Sender & Conversation)

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 23:33:45 Z

Find related search allows users to search for similar emails based on one selected from the message list. Right clicking an email and selecting "Find related" offers users the chance to search for “Messages in this conversation” and “Messages from sender”.

GA date: August CY2023

Outlook: Message Recall on Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Exchange Online's Cloud-based Message Recall feature will be coming to Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Configure learning academies

Tue, 09 May 2023 23:05:54 Z

Admins can create and manage learning academies in the Viva Learning Admin tab.

GA date: May CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Manage learning providers in Viva Learning admin tab

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 23:09:30 Z

Learning admins can manage the configured learning providers in Viva Learning admin tab. This feature will provide a detailed sync status as well as sync logs in case of a failed sync.
GA date: October CY2022
Preview date: October CY2022

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Add learning to calendar on Viva Learning mobile app

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:14:14 Z

Add to Calendar mobile feature will help learners on the Viva Learning mobile app add learning content to their calendars and block focused time for learning.

GA date: June CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Bring your own content to learning collections with external URL support

Thu, 10 Aug 2023 23:15:39 Z

Users can add content using external links from sources like YouTube, Vimeo, news articles, etc while creating learning collections.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Employee learning API content sync

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 23:24:00 Z

Content Sync API, which enables learning content hosted on learning systems to show up across the Viva Learning user experience.

GA date: April CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Academies in Viva Learning

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 23:30:50 Z

Academies in Viva Learning provide a guided learning experience to employees to improve their skills.

GA date: June CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - learning path creation

Wed, 28 Sep 2022 23:09:23 Z

Admins can create learning paths from learning objects in Viva Learning. Learning paths are discoverable, consumable, and shareable by employees at the organization.
GA date: December CY2022
Preview date: October CY2022

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Progress tracking for learning paths

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:19:33 Z

Now in Viva Learning, users will be able to track their progress on different courses within the Learning path.

GA date: May CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Manual course completion

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:14:03 Z

Users can mark a course as complete in Viva learning.

GA date: March CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Employee learning API learner record sync

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:08:15 Z

Assignments and learner records sync from providers/LMS connected to Viva Learning through the employee learning API.
GA date: April CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Configure permissions by provider

Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:14:08 Z

Admins can configure permission settings for Viva Learning content by learning provider, ie. hide all content from a certain connected learning provider from certain users.

GA date: April CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Manage and curate interest inventory for your tenant

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 23:22:57 Z

Admins can curate interest inventory for their tenant, enabling learners with personalized experience to pursue learning with these interests.

More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/viva/learning/interests
GA date: April CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) - Export API

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:20:02 Z

The Export function plays an integral role in eDiscovery. After a review set is added, with use of this Export API, organizations can create export jobs and get the download URL to successfully download the export created in a programmatic manner. This API will enable external applications and partners to successfully integrate the eDiscovery export function through scripting.

GA date: June CY2023
Preview date: March CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Configure permissions by mail-enabled security group

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 23:31:26 Z

Admins can configure user permissions for learning content by security groups.

GA date: June CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Download learner's progress data

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 23:40:29 Z

Allow admins to download learners progress data.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Self service for display logic

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 23:21:46 Z

Improved self service; Ability to enable if/then questions on surveys and support display logic.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Self service for SFTP file transfer

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 23:21:47 Z

Improved self service for admins to setup SFTP for file transfer.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Improved error messaging

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 23:21:52 Z

Improved error messaging during people import process.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Admin Units support for DLP alerts in Microsoft 365 Defender portal

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 23:17:00 Z

With this capability we are extending the Admin Units capability currently available in Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to DLP alerts in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal.

GA date: January CY2024

SharePoint: SharePoint Hub Analytics for US Government Clouds

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:06:03 Z

View, Viewer, dwell time and content level analytics aggregated at a SharePoint Hub level. These features are an enhancement to the existing site and page level analytics in SharePoint.
GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals in People Profile Cards

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 23:25:46 Z

View other users' OKRs and goals in Viva Goals from their user profile cards in Outlook (when enabled).

GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Policy insights

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 23:30:42 Z

The Communication Compliance homepage will provide two columns that offer a quick overview of policy performance: the first column shows the number of scanned parent items in real time, giving visibility into scanning progress; the second column keeps you informed about parent items that meet policy conditions, ensuring you stay updated on potential issues requiring attention and maintaining control over communication compliance.

GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data loss prevention - Updated admin experience for settings

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 23:35:29 Z

We are improving the admin experience to manage Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention settings including the endpoint settings.
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Forms: Forms app replaced by Polls app in Teams Meetings

Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:12:52 Z

The new "Polls" app will soon replace the "Forms" app for enhanced polling options in Teams meetings. The "Forms" app will continue to support surveys only. We recommend you add “Polls” to your next Teams meetings.

GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: September CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Animated Backgrounds in Teams Meetings

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 23:35:59 Z

The dynamic background feature in Teams Meetings allows users to replace their existing background with a dynamic animation for a more immersive virtual environment. It offers various options to enhance meeting experience with creativity and personalization according to their preferences.

GA date: June CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Decorate your background (Premium)

Thu, 03 Aug 2023 23:13:30 Z

Create more personal and engaging backgrounds by applying advanced effects. This will only be available in the new Microsoft Teams experience.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Engagement information in Teams Attendance Report (Premium)

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:06:25 Z

Enables meeting organizers to view meeting engagement data such as total reactions, raised hands, cameras turned on, and more in the ‘Attendance’ tab after a meeting.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft 365 app: Catch Up Improvements on Web

Fri, 27 Oct 2023 22:13:27 Z

Catch Up allows you to stay in sync with your collaborators in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint by showing you the latest comment activity that is directed at you and a summary of recent changes. Based on your feedback, we made improvements to the Catch Up feature. The comment activity directed at you will now persist in Catch Up between sessions for up to 28 days. New items will be indicated with a blue dot for clarity. You can also dismiss items individually if you do not wish to keep them in Catch Up.
GA date: January CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Extended Real-time telemetry retention for upto 7 days (Premium)

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 23:45:06 Z

To facilitate meeting quality troubleshooting for admins in Teams admin center, real-time telemetry available during the meeting will be retained for an extended period of time (up to 7 days after meeting is ended) for users with Premium licenses. This will help admins identify and fix quality issues using granular telemetry after the meeting is over for up to 7 days. Note: We have updated the release phase and month to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft OneDrive: Open in App

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 23:12:42 Z

With this feature, users on OneDrive and SharePoint web can open non-Office files in desktop apps to view and make changes to those files. Any changes they make will sync back to OneDrive or SharePoint.

GA date: December CY2023
Preview date: October CY2023

Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention - messages delivered to hosted Quarantine for Exchange Online is moving to quarantine page in Microsoft 365 Defender portal

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 23:40:25 Z

The messages delivered to hosted quarantine matching a DLP policy is moving from Exchange transport rule to the Quarantine page in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Bring your own content to learning paths with external URL support

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 23:22:44 Z

Bring your own content to learning paths in Viva Learning. This includes both external URLs (YouTube, Vimeo, news articles, etc) and internal URLs (SharePoint links).

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - New Stream Logs for Microsoft Purview Audit Standard Users

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 23:17:16 Z

Microsoft Purview is expanding access to wider cloud security activity events for Microsoft Stream. As part of the changes, standard users of Purview Audit will begin to generate 5 new Microsoft Stream events that were previously generated only for Audit Premium licensed users. The following events will now be provided for all Audit Standard users: 1. StreamInvokeGetTranscript; 2. StreamInvokeChannelView; 3. StreamInvokeGetTextTrack; 4. StreamInvokeGetVideo; 5. StreamInvokeGroupView

GA date: November CY2023

Outlook: High and Low Importance

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:32:43 Z

You can now send email with High or Low importance from Outlook for Android
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Topics in Viva Engage

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 23:45:07 Z

Adding topics to posts in Viva Engage will default open for question post types and be aligned with new topic experiences as seen in Answers in Viva.
GA date: January CY2024

OneDrive: New empty state images

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 01:00:33 Z

You will see new and improved images and text in various views on OneDrive for Web when there are no files associated with those views. These images will appear in new OneDrive accounts that have no stored files, and they may appear in existing OneDrive accounts that have no recent, favorited, shared, or recycled files. As an example, if you have no favorited files, you will see an image of a star with text that reads “Items you favorite will show up here."
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Search: Video Search in Bing, Office.com, SharePoint

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 01:00:33 Z

Our new Video vertical on Bing, Office.com, and SharePoint will provide better search capabilities for videos in your organization.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Ability to change retention period on labels set to start retention based on “When items were labeled”

Fri, 21 Jul 2023 22:41:23 Z

Previously, admins could not change the retention period set on existing labels configured to start retention from when items were labeled. This feature will remove this restriction, and the resulting behavior will be consistent with other retention label types.

GA date: February CY2024

Outlook: Ability to hide Favorites from folder list

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 23:38:05 Z

The Hide Favorites feature allows users to personalize their folder pane by hiding the Favorites section. By default, Favorites will be visible, but with this feature, users have the option to hide the Favorites experience from their view. Once hidden, users can always go back and unhide their Favorites.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - New fields added to Activity Explorer

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 23:30:43 Z

Added Protection Event Type and Protection Type fields in Activity Explorer for sensitivity label applied, sensitivity labels updated, and sensitivity label removed.
GA date: October CY2023
Preview date: September CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - New fields added to Activity Explorer.

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 02:13:20 Z

Added Protection Event Type and Protection Type fields in Activity Explorer for sensitivity label applied, sensitivity labels updated, and sensitivity label removed.
GA date: November CY2023

Outlook: High and Low importance

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:11:28 Z

You can now send email with High or Low importance from Outlook for iOS.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Full File Evidence for all workloads in Activity Explorer

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:04:02 Z

This feature grants the user the capability to view the source link of the file associated with the activity flagged in Activity Explorer.
GA date: January CY2024
Preview date: December CY2023

Whiteboard: Text Styles

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 00:15:10 Z

This introduces the ability to choose between three different text styles, allowing greater flexibility and personalization of text in whiteboards.
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Syntex: Pay-as-you-go Preview

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:57:36 Z

With this limited-time preview, you will be able to use Unstructured Document Processing and see where pages are processed across your tenant.
GA date: March CY2023
Preview date: December CY2022

Microsoft Syntex: Accounts Payable In-product site template

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:09:08 Z

Licensed Syntex users will be able to apply an accounts payable site template directly from the in-product template gallery. This template includes automatic data classification and extraction using a prebuilt invoice model, a preconfigured content assembly model and various sample webparts, lists and libraries to inspire you. It also includes learning material about how to use and extend this template to customize it for your own use case!
GA date: March CY2023

Microsoft Forms: new distribution experience for in-org and external forms

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 23:17:54 Z

Now by using Forms, users can send forms with the permission setting of anyone can respond to external users by email. Also, a preview of your distribution email sent from Forms will be shown in the sending dialog.
GA date: December CY2022

Microsoft Forms: new cover page templates for forms and surveys

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 23:17:56 Z

Design your cover page for forms or surveys by selecting from new AI suggested templates within the Theme setting pane. In the Theme setting pane, users can easily design a cover page for their forms by picking from several AI suggested template for any scenarios.

GA date: December CY2022

Microsoft Forms: Invitation card, the new type of cover page

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 23:17:58 Z

Forms users will be able to create an elegant invitation card for casual events and parties with background music and vivid images.
GA date: January CY2023

Microsoft Syntex: Pay-as-you-go General Availability

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 23:13:52 Z

Customers of Microsoft Syntex will be able to enter an Azure subscription to pay for Syntex services on a pay-as-you-go basis.
GA date: March CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Additional filters for search results

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:07:34 Z

Viva learning will be supporting more filters on Language and Content Type fields in search results page.
GA date: July CY2023

Microsoft Teams: On-demand recordings in Webinars

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:20:32 Z

Organizers can publish the recording of a webinar and automatically send an email to attendees where they receive a link to watch an on-demand recording of the webinar that is hosted on the event page.

GA date: September CY2023

Microsoft Syntex: Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for SharePoint and OneDrive

Tue, 30 May 2023 23:33:15 Z

With this update, you will be able to turn on OCR for images in SharePoint and OneDrive on a pay-as-you-go basis. The extracted text will be made available to Microsoft Search and Microsoft Purview.
GA date: October CY2023
Preview date: June CY2023

Microsoft Syntex: Optical Character Recognition in OneDrive and SharePoint supports multi-page PDF and TIFF files

Fri, 26 May 2023 22:12:22 Z

Currently, OCR is available only for standalone Images. With this update image-only PDF and TIFF files in OneDrive and SharePoint will also benefit from OCR.

GA date: December CY2023
Preview date: October CY2023

Forms: New Present mode shares surveys or quizzes live through QR code or URL

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:23:42 Z

You can now share a survey or quiz by selecting “Present” mode. The survey can be accessed via QR code or URL from any screen. Results are viewed on the same screen, dynamically updated as information is gathered.

GA date: June CY2023
Preview date: June CY2023

Microsoft Syntex: Customers with the seat license can sign up for Pay-as-you-go services

Thu, 08 Jun 2023 23:22:33 Z

Customers with Syntex seat licenses can also sign up for new Pay-as-you-go services. Microsoft will not charge pay-as-you-go for services that are covered under the seat license.
GA date: June CY2023

Microsoft Teams: work hours and location

Thu, 11 May 2023 23:23:05 Z

Set your work location for the day so your team can learn about your availability for in-office and remote collaboration. Click on a user's avatar or profile photo anywhere in Teams and get an overview of their online status, the next available calendar slot in Outlook, work hours, local time, and work location (remote or office).

GA date: May CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Preview and playback of Stream videos inline in Teams chat and channels

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:23:47 Z

Stream videos that are saved in OneDrive and SharePoint are now embedded in chat and channels enabling users to preview and play them directly in Teams without the need to open a browser window. Note: We are adjusting the roadmap release phase to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

GA date: July CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Collaborative notes on Teams mobile

Mon, 22 May 2023 23:21:24 Z

Collaborative notes allow meeting attendees to co-create and collaborate on their meeting agenda, notes, and action items. Since Collaborative notes are a Loop component, it is always in sync regardless of how many places they live in. Assigned Tasks in Collaborative notes automatically sync with ToDo & Planner.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Front Row gallery improvements on Teams Rooms on Windows: Active video speaker promotion

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 23:09:22 Z

Front Row now promotes pinned or spotlighted participants to the center stage when there is no shared content in the single and dual display mode. For single display mode, when no one is pinned, spotlighted or sharing content, the most recent active speaker video will be promoted to the center. In dual display mode, when no one is pinned, spotlighted or sharing content, the two most recent active speaker videos will be promoted to the center on each screen. If someone is sharing content, the most recent active video speaker will be promoted on the right screen.
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning Webapp Domain update to "learning.cloud.microsoft"

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Viva Learning Webapp will be migrated to a new domain: learning.cloud.microsoft. Links from the previous domain are backwards compatible and supported.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Chat button on missed call activity

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 23:12:03 Z

Easily stay in touch with your contacts after a missed call. A new chat button is added to your activity feed, enabling you to follow up on a missed call and start a chat with just one click.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Teams: New chat experience in Microsoft Edge

Fri, 04 Aug 2023 22:05:18 Z

When opening web links from Microsoft Teams chats in Microsoft Edge, users will see the web links open side-by-side with their Teams chats, with the Teams chats next in the Edge sidebar.

GA date: September CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Workflows App

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 23:15:50 Z

All workflow capabilities in Teams (powered by Power Automate) will be consolidated under the new Workflows app. Within the Workflows personal app you’ll be able to manage all Teams related workflows. Users will also be able to create and kick off workflows through the Message Extension, a new entry point in addition to Message Actions.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals – Improved introductory experience for new users

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 22:08:47 Z

With this release, a default company-wide organization will be available for new tenants when they start with Viva Goals. Users will have an improved onboarding experience that will help them get started with Viva Goals.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention- Out-of-box Advanced Hunting queries for Data Loss Prevention incidents in Microsoft 365 Defender

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:30:38 Z

Organizations can click the "Go Hunt” dropdown from the DLP alert page in Microsoft 365 Defender and select from a list of pre-populated queries for common scenarios such as understanding if a file is shared externally, participants of a Teams meetings, and more.
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: New Tag Management Settings

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 23:14:46 Z

This feature will update default tag management settings in the Teams Admin Center to include "Microsoft Default" along with Team owners and members" and "Team owners.” You can update this to your preferred option of "Team owners" or "Team owners and members" at the tenant level and override the default. Note: This change only applies to Public cloud and does not apply to any special Cloud such as GCC, GCCH, DoD, Gallatin, and AirGap.

GA date: August CY2023
Preview date: June CY2023

Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance Gain context around ML model policy matches

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:27:49 Z

Make more informed remediation actions with machine learning (ML) model highlighting.This feature gives investigators greater context around which word or key phrase triggered an ML model policy match and caused a classifier to catch a message. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/communication-compliance?view=o365-worldwide
GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: September CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Multitask with Picture in Picture on iPhone / iPad

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 23:17:29 Z

The new Picture in Picture mode lets you see your meeting in an adjustable window while using other apps on your mobile device.

GA date: December CY2022

Microsoft Teams: New channels experience

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:50:47 Z

New channels experience was built with an intuitive design that helps teams focus and actively engage. The new channels experience includes updated visuals for channel posts and replies, a conversation view for every post, and a new right pane with the channel's key information.

GA date: May CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Ability for Teams users to manage their Teams third-party app subscriptions from within Teams Client

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 23:00:39 Z

Ability for Teams users to view and manage in single place all third-party app subscriptions they’ve purchased in the Teams app store, without leaving the Teams client. Easily adding more licenses for the purchased subscriptions, cancel, upgrade and downgrade subscriptions and access invoices.
GA date: January CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Admin Policy for Collaborative Annotations

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:02:17 Z

New admin policy to control Collaborative Annotations for user, group, or entire organization. Note: We have updated the timeline in the mc post, and are adjusting the roadmap item to align with the deployment information communicated in Message center.

GA date: August CY2023

Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance: Gain context around ML model policy matches (U.S. Government clouds)

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 23:05:03 Z

Make more informed remediation actions with machine learning (ML) model highlighting. This feature gives investigators greater context around which word or key phrase triggered an ML model policy match and caused a classifier to catch a message. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/communication-compliance?view=o365-worldwide
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Virtual Appointment Graph API

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 23:09:54 Z

The Virtual Appointment Graph API allows developers to create and manage Microsoft hosted Teams Virtual Appointments from any application. Virtual Appointments are designed for business to consumer workflows.

GA date: November CY2022
Preview date: July CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Teams Platform Apps in One-on-One VOIP Calls

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 23:07:41 Z

All the familiar functionalities of meeting apps - tabs, bots, in-meeting dialogue, and meeting stage - will be supported in Teams VOIP Calls. Users of your apps will enjoy the same familiar app experience as seen in Teams Meetings, in their Teams VOIP Calls.

GA date: September CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Live Translated Captions in Meetings on Android and iOS

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 23:17:14 Z

Choose translated captions for a more inclusive meeting experience. Live translated captions will be part of Teams Premium.

GA date: August CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Virtual appointment - a new Teams Meeting type for B2C meetings

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 23:25:52 Z

Virtual Appointment is a new Teams meeting type tailored for B2C meetings with people outside of your organization. When using the meeting type, guests will get a meeting invitation that includes important appointment details to make joining easy. They can join from any device—no need to install Teams—and experience a comfortable pre-appointment virtual waiting room until you're ready to begin. This was incorrectly marked as complete on May 15th, 2023 and has been updated to the correct status of rolling out.

GA date: April CY2023
Preview date: February CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Targeted In-meeting notification

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:08:00 Z

Send in-meeting notifications to specific people in a meeting via a bot.

GA date: February CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Power Automate Connector – Updates App (Microsoft 365)

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 23:13:48 Z

Updates App (Microsoft 365) connector enables creation of Power Automate flows which trigger when an update is sent to the flow owner. Currently, the connector supports two triggers, 1) When a new update is received, 2) when a new update tied to a specific request is received.

GA date: March CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Apply Purview Message Encryption branding with DLP policy (U.S. Government clouds)

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:07:12 Z

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows UI refresh

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 00:20:06 Z

A vibrant new look and feel for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows consoles and front-of-room displays. To make Teams Rooms even easier to use, there is greater consistency in the user interface across Windows and Android devices. This update includes vivid new ambient screens, new themes, and a refreshed calendar that enables scrolling for full day views, on consoles and front-of-room displays. There are also improved visual cues throughout the experience that make it easier and more intuitive to interact with the console.
GA date: February CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Hotline phones

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 23:15:17 Z

Enables administrators to program Microsoft Teams certified phone devices to directly dial a pre-configured phone number or contact, such as emergency services in a manufacturing plant or help desk in the organization. The hotline can be set up directly through the device settings or the Teams admin center. The device will need to be enabled with a Teams Shared Device License and set to common area phone mode. Note: The launch status was incorrect and has now been changed to reflect the correct state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

GA date: July CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams Premium for GCC-H and DoD

Thu, 20 Jul 2023 23:02:38 Z

Microsoft Teams Premium makes Teams meetings more personalized, intelligent, and secure, with branded meetings, intelligent recap and search, live translated captions, advanced meeting protection, and it provides advanced webinar and advanced Virtual Appointment experiences.
More info: https://aka.ms/TeamsPremiumBlog
GA date: August CY2023

SharePoint: Visual Refresh

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 23:45:14 Z

We are introducing updates to the Microsoft Fluent Visual styling of the SharePoint platform that will improve the experience across the SharePoint Authoring Experience and Microsoft Syntex. Aligning with the latest Microsoft Fluent design system principles includes updated icons with softer edges, a cooler grey palette, and more rounded corners on various UI controls.
GA date: July CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Auto Install Approved Apps

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 23:16:53 Z

Microsoft Teams Auto Install Approved Apps uses intelligent signals from your users to install and surface the apps that the admin has already allowed for the tenant. An admin can enable it to help users naturally discover and use apps that are highly relevant to their needs within Microsoft Teams.

GA date: September CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Leverage advanced classification (U.S. Government clouds)

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 21:02:32 Z

Communication Compliance policies now support detection of inappropriate sharing of the following sensitive information types: named entities (full names/physical addresses/medical terms), credentials (login credentials/passwords), and exact match data. These new sensitive information types will be accessible to designated administrators during policy configuration. Communication Compliance helps organizations detect explicit code of conduct and regulatory compliance violations, such as harassing or threatening language, sharing of adult content, and inappropriate sharing of sensitive information. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are explicitly opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Quick View Dark Mode support in Viva Connections mobile app

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Users can view their Viva Connections dashboard cards in dark mode on the mobile app.
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Message action entry point for Workflows in Teams

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:17:40 Z

Message based workflows are powerful for collaboration and efficiency. With message action based entry point, users can view/search for applicable workflows as well as trigger pre-configured workflows from the message action overflow menu.
GA date: February CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Surface Message Actions by Most Recently Used Menu

Tue, 20 Dec 2022 00:17:12 Z

This feature surfaces most recently used Message Actions into the level one menu for users to access quickly.

GA date: January CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Bot support for building Viva Connections Cards

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:16:21 Z

developer can leverage the power of Microsoft bot framework to build cards for Viva Connections
GA date: May CY2023
Preview date: March CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Loop components in Teams channels

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:07:01 Z

Co-create and collaborate using Loop components in channels. Share a Loop component like a table, a list or a paragraph, so anyone in the channel can view and edit it. Available in classic and new Teams.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Forms: Migrate Google Forms through the M365 Admin Center

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 23:17:19 Z

Support Google Forms to Microsoft Forms migration via M365 admin center. Note: The current release phase has been updated to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
GA date: September CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Files app updated to OneDrive app experience in Teams

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 23:11:20 Z

The Files app accessed from left side of the Teams desktop client will be updated with the OneDrive app experience, bringing performance improvements, more views, and the latest features of OneDrive to new Teams.
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Teams: New Shortcuts for Calls in Teams

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 23:09:43 Z

We are changing the keyboard shortcuts used to initiate calls in Teams to create differentiation from other commonly used shortcuts and reduce accidental calls. The new shortcuts for Windows will be: Alt + Shift + A to initiate audio calls, Alt + Shift + V for video calls. For MacOs the new short cuts will be:Option + Shift + A to initiate audio calls, Option + Shift + V for video calls.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Teams: QR code to reserve a room on Teams Panels

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 23:31:42 Z

This feature lets users easily book a room for meetings now, in the future, or as part of a scheduled meeting by scanning a QR code on the scheduling panel with their mobile device. Requires the Teams mobile app on an Android or iOS mobile device.

GA date: August CY2023

Microsoft Viva: New Search Experience in Viva Learning Modals

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Search in Modals is enhanced with new User Experience, with filters and many improvements.

GA date: December CY2023
Preview date: October CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Weekly active user reporting

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:15:45 Z

Total number of unique users who have launched the Viva Learning personal app in the last 7 days.
GA date: January CY2024

Outlook: Reactions in Outlook for GCC High and DoD

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:29:22 Z

We will be enabling reactions in Outlook, a feature that is already available in world-wide multitenant, for customers in GCC High and DoD.
GA date: January CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

Outlook: Support for Exchange On-Premises Servers

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 23:35:37 Z

Outlook for Mac will support accounts for Microsoft Exchange on-premises servers.

GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Microsoft Shell integration in Viva Learning webapp

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Viva Learning Webapp will have an Application Header similar to other Microsoft M365 webapps. It will help users to easily switch between Microsoft webapps.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management- Browsed to generative AI websites indicator

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:18:12 Z

With this update, we are adding a new indicator, “browsed to generative AI sites,” for the risky browser usage policy template, giving visibility into organizational usage of generative AI domains. User information is pseudonymized by default with strong privacy controls in place to protect end user trust. While visiting one of these AI domains may be authorized by an organization, this indicator is designed to help ensure they are correctly accounting for whether and how, these sites may be accessed in policies. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

GA date: January CY2024
Preview date: December CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint 360s

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

Empower employees to collect 360 feedback for personal growth and development.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Microsoft 365 Groups connected Viva Goals Teams

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 23:34:13 Z

Users will now save time with a simplified set-up experience for setting up their Viva Goals Teams.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Room Remote on Desktop

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 00:08:57 Z

The Room Remote feature users to control a nearby shared meeting room device from their Windows desktop/PC companion device via the Teams client. This feature first launched on mobile devices and will now be available on Windows PC form factors when joined to the meeting as a companion device.

GA date: February CY2023

SharePoint: Clipchamp content

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 23:30:47 Z

Content improves your ability to create engaging and inspiring videos using Clipchamp. This feature includes stock videos and images, music, shapes, graphics and annotations and is available via web only for the following Microsoft 365 SKUs: Microsoft 365 E3, Microsoft 365 E5, Microsoft 365 Business Standard, and Microsoft 365 Business Premium.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention- View-only mode for Data Loss Prevention and Information Protection Policies and Labels

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:27:02 Z

This capability allows the admin with view-only restricted permissions to view the Data Loss Prevention and Information Protection policy configuration details without editing the policies or label configurations.

GA date: December CY2023
Preview date: November CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - View-only mode for Data Loss Prevention and Information Protection Policies and Labels

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 00:15:02 Z

Microsoft Teams Rooms Managed Services: Device Portfolio - Surface Hub

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 23:15:34 Z

Support Surface Hub devices for monitoring, incident management, app management (Connect, Teams), inventory management.

GA date: May CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Join Zoom enabled meetings from Teams

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 23:20:38 Z

If the any organizer creates a Zoom/Google meet/ any third-party meeting application from Outlook or OWA, meeting participants will be able to join that meeting from inside Teams calendar.

GA date: September CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Standardization of Viva Learning Webapp Links

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Webapp links will have user-friendly and easily addressable links to pages
GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Leader suggestions in Viva Engage

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:45:00 Z

Viva Engage Admins and corporate communicators will now see up to three leader suggestions so that they are added to leadership corner. These suggestions are primarily powered by AAD organizational data.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Sensitivity label required to restrict permissions for labeling-enabled users

Fri, 09 Jun 2023 22:38:01 Z

Users with sensitivity labels available will no longer be able to restrict permissions without a label in most cases. Entry points to the legacy Set Permissions dialog will redirect to a sensitivity labeling dialog, where users can select an appropriate label to restrict permissions. UX allowing users to remove encryption or permission information without changing the sensitivity label will also be removed. Note: We are adjusting the roadmap release phase to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

GA date: September CY2023
Preview date: August CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Enhancements to DLP capabilities on macOS endpoints

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

With this update, we are adding several enhancements to DLP capabilities for macOS endpoints including the ability to create groups of USB, Printer, and Network share and apply different restrictions to different groups; support for most restrictive actions against multiple rule matches; and support for Network share exclusion.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage – leader's dashboard in leadership corner

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 00:30:40 Z

Identified leaders in Viva Engage will now have access to a leader's dashboard in leadership corner
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Secure collaboration on labeled and encrypted documents with user-defined permissions (U.S. government clouds)

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:29:47 Z

SharePoint and OneDrive can process labeled documents that are encrypted with custom permissions, also referred to as user-defined permissions. As a result, these documents can be searched, inspected for data loss prevention, and used with eDiscovery. They can also be opened, edited, seamlessly co-authored, and support AutoSave in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps on all platforms (includes Office for the web).
GA date: October CY2023
Preview date: July CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Management of BYOD (Bring your own device) meeting spaces with Teams Rooms Pro Management

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 23:23:54 Z

The BYOD (bring your own device) rooms in the Pro Management Portal provides IT admins with a comprehensive overview of their BYOD rooms' utilization and activities. With this new addition, IT admins will gain valuable insights into how these spaces are being utilized, enabling them to make data driven decisions.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Stream: View & Edit mode toggle

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 21:02:26 Z

This feature allows users with editing permissions on videos to toggle between View and Edit modes when viewing a Stream video. In View mode users can only view the video. In Edit mode users with edit permission can edit the video metadata such as title, description, chapters, and transcript. The default mode will be View. The View/Edit mode toggle is designed to prevent accidental edits to video metadata.
GA date: July CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Empower end users to report inappropriate posts and comments in Viva Engage

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 23:30:47 Z

Microsoft Viva Engage users are empowered to report inappropriate or concerning posts and comments within Viva Engage conversations. These reported posts are then submitted to a Communication Compliance policy for designated investigators with the appropriate role-based access control permissions to review and take action if deemed necessary. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. Note: We have updated the release phase to the reflect current state. Additionally, this began rolling out to GA in December 2023 and did not release to Preview. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals - Share an Update to Outlook with Goal Broadcast

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 23:10:31 Z

With "Share an Update," leaders can share updates of their team goals to the members of their organization directly from Viva Goals. Updates are sent to users via email. Note: We are adjusting the roadmap release phase to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Engage Network Analytics

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 23:09:32 Z

This new analytics capability helps users understand engagement trends across their entire organization. Network analytics provides an at-a-glance overview of your organization’s top usage trends including employee sentiment, cross-community insights and AI-powered summarization to help you stay up-to-date with all the activity that occurs within your company.

GA date: January CY2024
Preview date: September CY2023

Microsoft Stream: Record a new video on the Stream Start page in Office for Government clouds

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 22:54:40 Z

Users can create a new video directly from the Stream Start page in Office web by recording their webcam and/or screen. The new video is uploaded to OneDrive and ready to share.

GA date: November CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Live Share SDK support for meeting extensions

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 22:23:54 Z

Live Share is a new developer capability designed to transform Teams meeting apps into collaborative multi-user experiences without writing any dedicated back-end code. Live Share SDK support for meeting extensions enables general-purpose collaboration features, turn-key media synchronization to co-watch videos in meetings, and inking, cursors & annotations.

More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/apps-in-teams-meetings/teams-live-share-overview?tabs=javascript
GA date: October CY2022

Outlook: New Outlook for Windows and web - Reading pane background image

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 23:11:58 Z

To offer more personalization to end users, Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows will now have the ability to display a background image in the reading pane whenever emails are not selected. This feature will be turned off by default for commercial customers. A user will be able to turn on a background image by going to Settings >> General>> Appearance from Outlook.

GA date: March CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Walkie Talkie: automatically listen to multiple channels

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 23:20:50 Z

Walkie Talkie, a push-to-talk experience that enables clear and secure voice communication over the cloud, enables teams to communicate instantly on a channel. Through this new functionality, users can now connect to, up to 5 favorite channels in multi-channel mode, automatically listen to incoming transmission from these favorited channels and initiate easily initiate PTT transmission on these channels.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Assign staff and set duration for on-demand Virtual Appointments (Premium)

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 02:14:28 Z

Scheduling administrators and staff managing on-demand appointments can assign specific staff members and set appointment duration to handle on-demand services. This ensures that when an on-demand appointment is requested, there is a designated staff member assigned to the appointment and a defined duration for the appointment is set. The designated staff member also receives a notification to attend the on-demand appointment.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams admin center - external domain activity report

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:15:26 Z

The external domain activity report will show Teams administrators which domains their users communicate with. Available for both those with open federation on and those with explicit allow lists.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Edge: Microsoft Edge for Business - Enable organizational branding

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

Enable your organization's branding assets from Entra onto profile-related UI for profiles signed in with an Entra ID (formerly known as Azure Active Directory) account. You can add your organization’s details such as name to the profile pill, name and brand color to the profile flyout, and logo to overlay the Edge for Business taskbar icon. This branding can help users more easily differentiate between multiple profiles and browser windows. Default organizational branding can be enabled by admins through the following policies: OrganizationalBrandingOnWorkProfileUIEnabled and OrganizationLogoOverlayOnAppIconEnabled. Admins will need to have 'company branding' assets configured in the Microsoft Entra admin center for branding assets to be applied to this feature.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-for-business#company-branding
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Topics in Viva Engage

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:43:41 Z

Update: We began rolling out this feature out, in late March, ahead of the previously scheduled time. We apologize for any inconvenience. Display topic highlights and access topic cards in Yammer conversations.

GA date: March CY2023
Preview date: December CY2022

Microsoft Search: Custom result types in Microsoft Search

Mon, 03 May 2021 23:13:33 Z

New support for custom result types allows you to create result types with modern display templates with adaptive cards for SharePoint content (PDF, sites, pages and lists) for SharePoint home and sites, Office.com and Bing.com.

GA date: December CY2022

Microsoft Stream: Automatic chapters for Teams meeting recordings from PowerPoint Live sharing

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 23:36:28 Z

With this feature, chapters will automatically be created for your Teams meeting recording when you share your slides during the meeting with PowerPoint Live. This will help meeting recording viewers easily find the right part of the meeting to watch based on when slides are presented. This feature is part of Teams Premium.

GA date: October CY2022

Whiteboard: External Guest Sharing

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 23:17:05 Z

This feature will allow users to share whiteboards with external guests of your tenant via a personal share link (PSL). This feature will respect any OneDrive/Sharepoint sharing settings your tenant has enabled. Additionally, if your tenant has Business to Business Invitation Manager (B2B IM) enabled, this feature will allow you to send a whiteboard via PSL to external users and B2B IM will create a guest user account for them so they can access the file.
GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Manage Microsoft Surface Hub as a Teams Rooms on Windows device

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 23:09:30 Z

With the transition of Microsoft Surface Hub devices to the Teams Rooms on Windows platform, Admins can now manage Surface Hub devices as Teams Rooms on Windows devices in the Teams Admin Center and Teams Rooms Pro Management (available for Teams Rooms Pro license customers).

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Create up to 50 Viva Connections experiences within a tenant

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 23:24:08 Z

Customers with Viva suite or Viva Communications and Communities license can create up to 50 distinct Connections experiences for their audience groups. This is currently limited to only 10 experiences.

GA date: December CY2023

Outlook: New Outlook for Windows - Teams Meeting Chat from Outlook

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 00:13:35 Z

This feature provides an easy Teams chat experience from Outlook in the context of a meeting for participants to send a quick message or review the chat.

GA date: February CY2024
Preview date: January CY2024

Outlook: New Sensitivity Bar in Outlook on the Web

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 22:42:05 Z

Sensitivity bar provides a more prominent and contextual user experience for viewing and applying sensitivity labels in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Outlook on the web will be rolling out the new sensitivity bar to keep the consistency across Microsoft 365 apps. It will also support the label colors defined by administrators.

GA date: May CY2023
Preview date: April CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Simplifying Meeting Join Experiences on Mobile

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 23:15:55 Z

We are improving the meeting join experience on mobile by 1) streamlining the meeting join process by reducing the number of steps it takes to join the meeting, particularly for users joining from externally of the organization, 2) users who join without signing in will now have the capability to preset and preview video / audio settings prior to joining the meeting, and 3) simplifying the join process for users with multiple accounts by improving the account switching user experience.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Edge: v. 122 Moving Managed Site Indicator (Briefcase icon) into the lock icon in the address bar omnibox

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 01:00:33 Z

The briefcase icon which signals that a page is managed, has been moved into the lock icon within the address bar. If an admin would like to see whether there are protections for a given page, they can click to open the lock icon in the address bar to look for the briefcase icon.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) - CMK (Customer Managed Keys) encryption support for data at-rest in Review sets

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 22:42:03 Z

This release of eDiscovery features the implementation of customer-managed key (CMK) options, allowing users to manage their own encryption keys for the data stored in eDiscovery review sets in addition to the default, strong Microsoft-managed encryption already in place.
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

Outlook: Support pop-up warning for messages with sensitivity labels

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 22:08:53 Z

Outlook for Windows native sensitivity labeling will support oversharing pop-up dialogue as AIP plug-in to warn, justify or block email being sent. Admins could use the Microsoft Purview compliance portal to define the oversharing pop-up DLP rules to groups of users. If users have the configured DLP rule trigger when they click send, a warn/justify/block pop up message will show up to make sure customer complies with admin's security double check requirements.

GA date: October CY2023

OneDrive: Performance improvements

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 22:06:51 Z

This feature will provide faster page load times when using OneDrive for Web or when using the Files app in Teams irrespective of your network speed. You will see faster screen loading, sorting, filtering, file moving, and renaming. This increase in speed is made possible by storing file metadata in the local cache of your device as opposed to requesting it from the cloud service.
GA date: February CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

OneDrive: Offline mode

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 23:14:22 Z

This feature will allow you to launch OneDrive in your browser and view, sort, rename, move, copy, and delete files even without internet access. Additionally, for locally stored OneDrive files (those that are marked as “always available offline”) you will be able to open and work on these in your browser even if you are offline. All of the changes you make offline will be automatically synced back when Internet connection is restored.

GA date: February CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

OneDrive: Files On-Demand for Web

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 23:24:04 Z

The Files On-Demand options of “Always keep on this device” and “Free up space” will soon be made available on OneDrive for Web for your synced files. You will be able to select files and folders to be always available offline on your device directly from within the browser without having to navigate away to File Explore or Finder to perform this action. OneDrive will download these, and they'll take up space on your computer. You will also be able to “Free up space” by selecting a file or folder that you previously marked as "Always keep on this device", and they will no longer take up local storage space.
GA date: February CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals—Create Goals Tab in Microsoft Teams Chats and Channels

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:15:26 Z

Users will be able to add Viva Goals as a tab in a Microsoft Teams chat or channel, so that they can see their goals in the flow of work.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Self service for external benchmark consent

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 23:21:49 Z

Improved self service; Admins can give consent to include results for Viva Glint external benchmarks.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Multiple external benchmarks

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 22:28:02 Z

Organizations can now receive external benchmarks as part of the standard platform for comparison; Ability to enable multiple external benchmarks in reports
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Self service for schema setup

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 23:21:50 Z

Improved self service; Admins can configure, view, and manage derived dashboard, survey locale, and time zone values for their employees.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Graph API for SMS notifications in Virtual Appointments

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:05:58 Z

Microsoft Graph API for SMS notifications in Virtual Appointments allows developers to programmatically send confirmation, update, reminder and cancellation SMS notifications to customers. The API support for SMS notifications is currently available in the United States and notifications can be sent to US phone numbers.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Scope the administration of retention and retention label policies

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:22:19 Z

Organizations can leverage Administrative Units in Azure Active Directory to define who can configure and manage policies in Microsoft Purview. This update will include the ability to set a Records Management admin for a specific geography, department, or other unit, who can manage retention and retention label policies for their unit.
GA date: September CY2023
Preview date: April CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Apply brand colors across all Connections endpoints using SharePoint themes or custom themes.

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 07:00:00 Z

Viva Connections will offer a new set of theming options to reflect brand colors consistently across desktop, tablet, and mobile experiences. With this new functionality, customers will have the choice to apply existing SharePoint themes or a custom theme to their Connections experience as well as the SharePoint home site hosting the Connections experience.
GA date: November CY2023
Preview date: November CY2023

Microsoft Project: Additional capabilities for Microsoft 365 users in Microsoft Project for the web

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:18:06 Z

Currently, users with Microsoft 365 licenses can view projects shared with them by users of Microsoft Project for the web. This update will enable Microsoft 365 users to collaborate more seamlessly with Project users by editing shared projects. The added capabilities enable Microsoft 365 users to access any functionality where Microsoft Planner and Microsoft Project for the web overlap. Note: This feature is specific to projects that are created within the default environment, such as by using project.microsoft.com.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Updates to in-call user experience

Fri, 27 Oct 2023 22:13:17 Z

Making it easier for users to access calling capabilities with a redesigned user experience during calls.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Conversational bot in meetings now supported in GCC-H and DoD

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 23:17:08 Z

Microsoft Teams is now adding conversational bot and meetings extensibility support for meetings and calls in GCC-H and DoD.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Email Response actions available through Microsoft Graph Security API

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 23:14:52 Z

We are introducing email response actions API. Email purge actions like soft delete, hard delete, move to junk etc can be triggered through Microsoft Graph API.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Outlook: Embed Teams Chat in Outlook Web

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 23:08:40 Z

Teams embedded chat in Outlook web allows users to stay on top of their chats without leaving Outlook.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Email and associated entities hunting capabilities available through Microsoft Graph Security API

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 23:40:33 Z

We are introducing email and associated entities hunting capabilities to the Microsoft Graph Security API. Email meta data like email properties (subject, sender, domain etc ), MDO detections, and related entities can now be hunt via the API.

GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Compliance Manager - Salesforce & Zoom Connectors

Tue, 02 May 2023 23:25:28 Z

Compliance Manager now integrates with Salesforce and Zoom, empowering customers to continuously monitor their compliance posture across their data estate. Note: We will not be rolling out to Government Clouds at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
GA date: May CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Policy Tips revamp on Outlook Win32 desktop (U.S. Government clouds)

Fri, 16 Jun 2023 22:08:51 Z

Expand the functionality of DLP Policy Tips in Outlook Win32 to support additional top predicates and exceptions, and advanced classification for E5 users. Note: We are adjusting the roadmap release phase to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management- New reports page

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 23:13:55 Z

A new reports page will be available in Insider Risk Management. The three charts available on the alerts page -- including total alerts that need review, average time to resolve alerts, and alerts summary -- will be moving to the new reports page. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: January CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Custom backgrounds for announcement posts in channels (Premium)

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 23:26:04 Z

Teams users will be able to create engaging custom backgrounds for channel announcements in just a few clicks. For Teams Premium, users will have additional access to DALL-E, a text to image generator, to generate images for their backgrounds. Note: We will not be rolling out to Government Clouds at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Expand investigation pane to full screen for Data Loss Preventions alerts in Microsoft 365 Defender

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 02:15:52 Z

The investigation experience is now improved with a key usability feature to expand the investigation pane to full screen while reviewing the details of a Data Loss Prevention incident or alert in Microsoft 365 Defender.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - File Name and File Path filters for DLP alerts in Microsoft 365 Defender portal

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 02:15:52 Z

We are enhancing the filtering experience for DLP alerts in Microsoft 365 Defender portal with the capability to filter the DLP alerts queues by File Name or File Path.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Forward Messages in Teams chats

Fri, 06 Oct 2023 22:06:54 Z

Forward messages quickly from one chat to another using the right-click menu. You can add additional content to the message to provide context and clarity for the recipient. You can forward messages to 1:1 chats and group chats.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Controlled-content meeting template (Premium)

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 23:12:55 Z

We are launching an out-of-the-box template that can be useful when meeting with external participants. The controlled-content meeting template has preset defaults for meeting options to provide tight controls over lobby bypass, who can present, allowing chat in lobby/in-meeting, and who can record. Note: The roadmap item was inadvertently marked In Dev. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

GA date: October CY2023

SharePoint: Microsoft Lists - Microsoft Lists - Approvals integration

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:46:40 Z

Microsoft Lists templates will begin to leverage integration with the Approvals app in Microsoft Teams. When you specify the approver within your list item, the request will appear in the Approvals app in Teams or can be approved directly within the list. Once approved, the list item status is updated.
GA date: March CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Create offline meetings in Teams

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 23:19:36 Z

Create a meeting in Teams and turn off the online toggle when setting up calendar events for personal appointments, lunch break slots and more. These offline events will not have chat thread or other Teams online meeting artifacts.

GA date: May CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Custom backgrounds for announcement posts in channels

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 23:49:03 Z

Teams users will be able to create engaging custom backgrounds for channel announcements in just a few clicks. Powered by Microsoft Designer, use generative AI to create expressive images.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Channel meeting invitations

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 23:17:21 Z

Feature allows channel meeting organizers the ability to share invites on personal calendars of all channel members.

GA date: September CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - customization & preview of email notifications

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 23:04:13 Z

There are some significant enhancements made to the Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention end-user email notification. These improvements provide admins with greater flexibility and control over the end-user notification email: 1. Enhanced Token Support: We have expanded our token library to offer precise and detailed information to your end users. 2. Email Message Customization: You now have the ability to decide whether the matching email messages should be included or excluded in the end-user notification emails. 3. Tailored Email Content: Customize the sender's display name and email body using HTML formatting, allowing for a personalized touch. 4. Email Preview: Prior to sending email notifications, you can review them to ensure they align perfectly with your requirements. These enhancements empower you to refine your communication and provide a more tailored experience for your end users with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention.

GA date: January CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

Microsoft Teams Admin Center: Configure maintenance window for Teams devices

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 23:09:41 Z

Admins will be able to configure the maintenance window for their Teams devices from within the Teams Admin Center. These time windows will be used for executing any device upkeep operations, including automatic updates.
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - recommendations for new policies and policy finetuning

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 23:11:29 Z

Microsoft Purview DLP overview page will have two new cards: for DLP with 2 Cards that show Analytics with 1-click recommendations: Highlighting the key risk and the option to create a one-click policy to mitigate the risk, and Recommendation to fine tune existing DLP policies to make them effective and reduce alerts.

GA date: February CY2024
Preview date: September CY2023

Outlook: New Outlook for Windows - New location for add-ins and integration with Teams search-based message extensions

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:32:40 Z

We are consolidating all the add-ins into a flyout menu in the ribbon and adding Teams search-based message extensions into this same flyout.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: URL changes to Viva Insights on the web and Viva Insights analyst workbench

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 01:00:53 Z

The URL for Viva Insights on the web and Viva Insights analyst workbench will be updated as part of a broader effort across Microsoft to transition to a unified domain. The updated URLs are as follows: Viva Insights on the web will be https://insights.cloud.microsoft, and Viva Insights analyst workbench will be https://analysis.insights.cloud.microsoft. Previous URLs will redirect accordingly.
GA date: February CY2024

Outlook: To Do app opens in the new Outlook for Windows

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:07:22 Z

Use the To Do app without leaving the new Outlook for Windows! Clicking the To Do icon in the navigation bar will open inline and will no longer open in a separate browser window.

GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance Prioritize analysis of policy-driven alerts with Azure Cognitive Services

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:27:50 Z

Leveraging Azure Cognitive Services, messages already matching policy conditions will be categorized in “positive,” “negative,” or “neutral” sentiment, giving policy investigators more context to prioritize potentially riskier messages to address first.Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/communication-compliance?view=o365-worldwide
GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: December CY2022

Microsoft Viva: Post articles in Viva Engage

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 23:27:12 Z

With articles, you can write longer, more thoughtful posts with inline images, sections, headings, and more.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: User Submission Automatic Feedback Response

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:06:02 Z

The user submission automatic feedback response enables organizations to automatically respond to end user submissions of phish based on the verdict from the automated investigation. This feature is configurable and allows organizations to dictate in which threat scenarios they would like end users to receive feedback emails. Once enabled, Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (MDO) will automatically respond to end user submissions based on the investigation verdict and the configured settings.

GA date: March CY2024

OneNote: New ‘notes’ tab when creating a standard Teams channel

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:29:25 Z

When creating a new standard channel, a new Notes tab will be automatically created. Each Teams team will have a dedicated OneNote workbook and each channel will have its own section, making it easier on the workgroup to add their notes.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention-Improving DLP Policy tip text for matched recipients in Outlook win32

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:15:15 Z

We are updating the DLP Policy tip text in Outlook windows desktop client that appears when end users attempt to send a sensitive email to recipients who are not authorized by your organization's DLP policies. Users will soon receive a more gentle policy tip nudge to review recipients and content before sending email.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft 365 admin center: Granular Add-ins availability control from education Office Store

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 23:30:16 Z

With this feature, education tenant administrators will be able to manage the availability of Add-ins from the Office store at a more granular level. We will provide three options—Non-adult student, Adult student, and Faculty and staff—under Microsoft admin center > Org Settings > User owned apps and services > Let users access the Office store. The options are based on the user's role and age group properties.
GA date: February CY2024

OneDrive: Recurring meetings in Meetings view

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 23:15:43 Z

The upcoming update to the OneDrive Meetings view will display your recurring meetings in chronological order, providing easy access to all related files, past recordings, and details like the meeting owner, attendees, time, and location. This feature helps you prepare for future meetings by allowing you to quickly access pre-read materials and review recordings or content from past meetings.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams Rooms Managed Services: Bulk suppression of rooms enrolled in Managed Services

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 23:10:03 Z

Workflow to turn off all signals for rooms and specify when the signals need to be turned back on.

GA date: September CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Customize and edit emails for webinars (Premium)

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 22:17:21 Z

Customize and edit content for webinar emails including registration confirmation, reminder emails, cancellation notices, and more.

GA date: July CY2023

Microsoft Teams: External call routing settings

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 00:15:42 Z

End users will now be able to change their external call routing settings directly from the Teams app, allowing them to decide how incoming PSTN calls are routed. Calls can be redirected based on existing unanswered call settings or sent to voicemail. This new capability provides more flexibility for handling customer communications.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Dashboard personalization on tablet in Viva Connections

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:15:09 Z

Customize your dashboard by adding, removing, or reordering the dashboard cards.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Browser-optimized playback for SAP SuccessFactors content

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:15:45 Z

Desktop client content consumption for SuccessFactors content is enhanced with browser optimized playback.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Enterprise Application Management

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:19:46 Z

Enterprise app management enables you to easily discover and deploy prepackaged apps and keep them updated with a securely hosted enterprise catalog. Note: We have updated the release phase to show the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this might have caused.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Change Question IDs for Expired Survey Cycles

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 23:20:55 Z

With this improved self-service, you can change a Question ID associated with an expired survey to resolve broken reporting trends.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage question post update

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 23:45:56 Z

Viva Engage is updating its questions to include two parts: a required field for the main question and an optional larger field for extra details.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Code Snippets in Viva Engage

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:15:05 Z

Users will be able to add code snippets to their posts, discussions, replies, questions, polls, and praises on Viva Engage. Additionally, if customers are licensed for Answers in Viva Engage, this feature will also be available when asking questions on Answers. To add code snippets, locate the new button on the publisher toolbar.
GA date: February CY2024

OneNote: Teams Integrations with OneNote Meeting Details

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 23:00:39 Z

In addition to basic information about a meeting such as date, description, and attendees, Meeting Details will now add content from Teams’ intelligent meeting recap. This includes AI-generated meeting notes, AI-suggested tasks, and any documents shared during the Teams meeting.
GA date: April CY2024

Outlook: Org Explorer

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 23:08:57 Z

Org Explorer for Outlook helps you to visualize and explore your company’s internal structure, work teams, and individual roles. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Attack Simulation Training in DoD

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:17:20 Z

Attack simulation and training (AST) in the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is an intelligent risk reduction tool, which allows customers to run realistic attack scenarios in their organization, identify vulnerable users, and help drive behavior change through an integrated security awareness training program. It is to be made available in the DoD environment.
GA date: March CY2024

Outlook: To Do in Outlook for Mac

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

To Do helps you manage your tasks and stay on top of what's next. These features will be available in Outlook for Mac for commercial users.
GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Hardware backed attestation - enhanced for Windows 11

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:15:53 Z

This will enhance the Windows compliance policy - device health by adding five additional hardware attestation settings specific to Windows 11 using advanced platform security features like Memory Integrity and Access Protection, firmware protection, virtualization-based security, and Early Launch Antimalware protection.
GA date: January CY2025

OneDrive: View hidden files and folders in 'Shared with you' view

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 23:15:53 Z

This feature allows you to view files and folders you have hidden in the “Shared with you” view in OneDrive for Web. You can quickly access files and folders you have hidden by clicking on the 'Hidden' button in the filter bar. You can also 'Unhide' files and bring them back to the 'Shared with you' view.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Teams Channels announcements in Viva Connections for Frontline workers

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:15:26 Z

If a Frontline worker (FLW) licensed user is @mentioned in a Teams channel announcement, the announcement will be displayed in Viva Connections so that the user can find all their important updates in a single place.
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Use double-key encryption to protect your most sensitive files and emails in Microsoft 365 Apps on Windows

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 23:30:44 Z

To protect your most sensitive content, users of Microsoft 365 Apps can now use Double Key Encryption (DKE) for files and emails using the built-in labeling client. With DKE, Microsoft stores one key in Microsoft Azure and you hold the other key, ensuring that only you can ever decrypt protected content, under all circumstances. Sensitivity labels configured with DKE in Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal are now available for users in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook to publish or consume content protected with DKE.
GA date: August CY2023
Preview date: April CY2023

Microsoft 365 app: Office documents have a new default theme

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 23:16:00 Z

A new default theme is coming to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook across your endpoints. The new theme will include the new default font, Aptos, a new color palette, and updated default line weights. Note: The roadmap item was inadvertently marked Rolling Out. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

GA date: December CY2023
Preview date: July CY2023

Outlook: From the new Outlook for Windows, open Word, Excel, and PowerPoint attachments in desktop apps

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 07:00:00 Z

From the new Outlook for Windows, users can now open Word, Excel, and PowerPoint attachments in their respective desktop apps by double clicking them.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Join meetings and make calls on Android Auto

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:15:15 Z

Teams on Android Auto lets you easily join meetings from the calendar view, quickly call your speed dial contacts and see your recent calls on your Android phones.
GA date: February CY2024

Bookings: Updated Home page

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 00:30:40 Z

With this change, users can configure their personal booking page from the Bookings home page itself.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Hardware backed device attestation

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 23:14:27 Z

Enhancing Windows compliance policy - device health: adding 5 additional hardware attestation settings specific to Windows 11 - using advanced platform security features like Memory Integrity and Access Protection, Firmware protection, Virtualization-based security, and Early Launch Antimalware protection. This item was incorrect and has been replaced with 387499
GA date: September CY2023

Outlook: Online Archive for Shared Mailboxes

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:19:41 Z

Add Online Archive for Shared Mailboxes in Outlook for Mac.

GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: February CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Walkie Talkie Support for Generic Wired Headsets on Android

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 23:45:56 Z

We've integrated Walkie Talkie in Teams with the dedicated push-to-talk (PTT) button on specialized headsets to instantly brings up walkie talkie for clear and secure voice communication. In addition to select specialized headsets, Walkie Talkie in Teams will now work with any generic wired (USB-C and 3.5mm) headsets on Android. As long as the generic headsets have a control button to play/pause or to accept/decline calls, frontline workers can tap the button to start and stop transmissions on Walkie Talkie.
GA date: February CY2024

Outlook: Right preview pane in the single line view aka column layout

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 23:00:37 Z

Adding support to show the reading pane in the right when user selects column view.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Quarantine asynchronous update [stage one]

Wed, 18 May 2022 23:05:13 Z

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 is working to enable additional quarantine enhancements, like partial string search functionality and 1,000 message bulk operation support in quarantine. As a result, we'll be making adjustments to the release process through an asynchronous approach. the first stage will be the introduction of the asynchronous updates and the second stage will the introduction of enhancement features such as partial string search and 1,000 message bulk support.

More info: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-office/simplifying-the-quarantine-experience-part-two/ba-p/3354687
GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Hide attendee names in Webinars (Premium)

Mon, 15 May 2023 23:10:30 Z

Organizers can hide the names of attendees from other attendees during a webinar or a meeting, and only organizers and presenters are able to see the names of attendees.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Viva Glint admin role in Microsoft 365 admin center

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 22:28:03 Z

Glint admin role in MAC
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Enhancements to app and risky browsing activity evidence

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 23:17:02 Z

This update provides two enhancements to app and risky browsing activities that may lead to a data security incident in forensic evidence. Admins with appropriate permissions will no longer need to enable browsing indicators from the insider risk settings page to gain visual insights of these activities. In addition, the feature has been updated with more precise detection when users switch between tabs and windows. This results in more reliable visual evidence insights when context is switched in the browser. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. Note: The roadmap item was inadvertently marked rolling out and has now been corrected. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Information Protection: Microsoft 365 Apps | Office Apps in Android applications can create PDFs that inherit the source files sensitivity labels

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:45:19 Z

PDFs created from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint will inherit their source files sensitivity labels in Office for the Android applications when the label is unencrypted.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Information Protection: Microsoft 365 Apps | Office Apps in iOS applications can create PDFs that inherit the source files sensitivity labels

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:45:19 Z

PDFs created from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint will inherit their source files sensitivity labels in Office for the iOS applications when the label is unencrypted.
GA date: February CY2024

Outlook: Updated work hours and location experience in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 01:45:14 Z

This update brings a new look with the daily peek: click on your work location icon at the top of your calendar to change your work location, view who else will be in the office, or receive suggestions to help optimize your work day. This feature will come to the new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web. Your work location will reflect across Microsoft 365, such as in Teams and your profile card. You can also update your location from Teams which will stay in sync with Outlook. We are also introducing a new location type, out-of-office, which will automatically sync with your out-of-office calendar appointments. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Approvals - Sequential Approvers Support

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:07:37 Z

Requestors will now be able to toggle on sequential approvals to designate the approval order of the request.

GA date: April CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Unique join links for external presenters in Webinars

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 23:13:38 Z

When organizers set up events and add external presenters, these presenters will receive unique join links for the webinar. This unique link allows the external presenter to automatically bypass the lobby and join a webinar directly as a presenter role.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Calendar notifications in Teams

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 00:15:26 Z

Users can now triage the calendar notifications in their Activity Feed and will get notifications for meeting invites, updates, cancellations, and forwards (if the user is the meeting organizer). These notifications will show up as unread in the Activity Feed pane and will display the details when a user clicks on it.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Copy simulation action in Attack Simulation Training

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:00:26 Z

Using the copy simulation action button, Attack simulation administrators will be able to effortlessly duplicate existing simulations and make necessary edits to introduce fresh and tailored simulation scenarios.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Support PowerPoint Live and Whiteboard for Watermark meeting (Premium)

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:05:09 Z

Watermark enabled Microsoft Teams meetings will now support PowerPoint Live and Whiteboard to also be watermarked.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: An improved search experience in chat and channels

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 23:15:15 Z

A new search experience will allow users to search in a specific chat or channel and reach relevant results faster. The results will appear in the right handrail so you can stay in the flow of your work. Enhancements like highlighted key words will make it easier for user to scan their results.
GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Tasks in my area (a Tasks in Teams mobile feature)

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 23:17:14 Z

In the Tasks app and Microsoft Planner, which helps power the Tasks app in Teams, buckets are a common way to organize tasks into different areas of work. The mobile experience for the Tasks app in Teams will soon be updated to make it easier to filter to a specific bucket or set of buckets, so you can focus on tasks in your area. We expect this simple user experience change to provide greater focus and greater productivity, while maintaining the familiar look and feel throughout the Tasks app.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Teams Admin Center: Deploy and manage Shifts for your frontline teams in the Teams Admin Center

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:11:08 Z

Admins will gain the ability to standardize Shifts settings (open shifts, swap shifts requests, offer shifts requests, time off requests and time clock), identify schedule owners, and create scheduling groups uniformly for all frontline teams at the tenant level.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Deploy your frontline operational hierarchy in the Teams Admin Center

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 23:06:32 Z

Admins will be able to set up their frontline operational hierarchy to map their organization’s structure of frontline teams/locations to a hierarchy in the Teams Admin Center. Admins can also define attributes for their teams that range from department information to brand information. The operational hierarchy coupled with this added metadata will enable numerous frontline apps and experiences in the future like task publishing and additional frontline capabilities that are coming soon.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Ability to set the availability by specific date in Shifts

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:19:36 Z

Currently, we solely permit the frontline workers to establish daily recurring availability. With this new feature, we are enabling Frontline workers to set the availability for a specific date/time, in addition to recurring availability.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Enabling cameras with IntelliFrame and People Recognition experiences in the new Microsoft Teams app

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 23:09:18 Z

Remote attendees in a hybrid meeting will be able to view multi-stream IntelliFrame video, panoramic room view, and in-room attendees with speaker recognition (including name labels) in the new Teams desktop client.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Changes in Sensitivity labels to control Microsoft Teams shared channels and private team discoverability

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 23:11:56 Z

Information Protection - Controls while adding/editing Sensitivity labels to manage Microsoft Teams shared channels settings and private team discoverability.

GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: February CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Engage Conversation Analytics

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 23:43:58 Z

Updates to conversation analytics will allow users to better understand engagement trends that occur on their posts including employee sentiment on popular conversations.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Support joining a live event as an attendee for Teams Rooms on Windows

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 23:09:26 Z

Teams Rooms on Windows can now join a live event as an attendee and watch the streaming experience.
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Domain-specific search

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:18:00 Z

Users will be able to narrow down their search results and find what they are looking for faster. Get more precise search results by picking up a specific domain like files, group chat or Teams and channels. You can also search files or group chats by entering a person name.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Meeting "Recording & Transcription" tab will be replaced by "Recap" tab

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 23:08:59 Z

Now, the “Recap” tab for scheduled meetings will include access to the recording and transcript. For meetings that have a “Recap” tab, the previous “Recording & Transcription” tab will be removed since the “Recap” tab will replace it. For meetings that don’t have a “Recap” tab, users can continue to access the recording and transcript from the “Recording & Transcription” tab.

GA date: February CY2024

Outlook: Track Read Receipts within Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 23:10:52 Z

We're developing the ability to view the updated Read Receipt status of recipients from the sent item directly.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Communication Compliance-Detect Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 interactions template

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 23:45:56 Z

Communication Compliance is introducing a new template dedicated to analyzing all Copilot for Microsoft 365 prompts and responses, to help ensure content prohibited by customers’ policies, such as harassing or threatening language, is not being used Copilot for Microsoft 365 interfaces. This scales Communication Compliance’s reach, consistent with Microsoft 365’s expanding interfaces. In addition, administrators are also able to select Copilot chats as a checked location in the policy creation wizard for any new or existing policies. This empowers administrators to fine-tune their management strategy precisely to their organization’s needs, with a focus on user privacy protection. Whether it's setting specific conditions or deploying trainable classifiers, this feature provides flexibility and adaptability in compliance management, ensuring your organization's communications remain secure, compliant, and respectful of user privacy.
GA date: January CY2024

Outlook: EML, MSG, and OFT File Support in the new Outlook for Windows

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:15:55 Z

EML, MSG, and OFT files type support will enable users to open "*,eml", "*.oft", and "*.msg" files in the new Outlook by dragging-and-dropping them onto the reading pane, or by double-clicking on them, or by using the Open With menu option in File Explorer.
GA date: March CY2024

Outlook: Filter Calendar Items in Message List in new Outlook for Windows and web

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:15:45 Z

You can now filter your message list for conversations that have calendar invites when using the new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web. Getting an overview of new meetings you're invited to and RSVP-ing to them directly in the message list becomes much easier with this new filter. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams for Education: iOS/Android Parent link for School Connection

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 01:15:18 Z

Allows parents to connect to School Connection in Teams for Education by clicking the iOS/Android mobile link provided by their school’s administration.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Simulation mode for DLP

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 23:09:50 Z

With this capability, Admins will be able to try a Microsoft Purview DLP policy, assess its impact, and fine tune the policy as required in an isolated experience. This will help Admins build confidence in the configuration of the policy and reduce the policy enforcement time.

GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

Microsoft Intune: Microsoft Cloud PKI

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:26:29 Z

A cloud-based certification authority to create, deploy, and manage certificates for secure authentication and Wi-Fi, VPN scenarios.

GA date: March CY2024

OneDrive: Access Microsoft Lists, Power BI, Loop and Whiteboard content in OneDrive for Web

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 23:49:19 Z

You will be able to easily find and open your Microsoft Lists, Loops, Power BI dashboards and Whiteboard content in OneDrive for Web. If you have recently opened, shared, or favorited one of these files, then it will appear in your Recent, Shared, and Favorites views in OneDrive for Web.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Create more than one Connections experience in the same tenant

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 00:15:02 Z

This new capability enables customers to create multiple distinct Connections experiences and corresponding home sites within the same tenant. Common scenarios include conglomerates or subsidiaries that require different Connections experiences for different users, each with its own dashboard, feed and resources.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft 365 Chat

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:07:09 Z

Your single destination to take on any task. It combines the power of Large Language Models with your work content and context, and other apps, to help you draft content, catch up on what you missed, and get answers to questions via open prompts. It's available via multiple surfaces, including microsoft365.com, Teams, and Bing.

More info: https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Copilot in Viva Glint

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:15:12 Z

Highlight top issues and potential solutions hidden throughout employee suggestions from survey results; plus, help leaders explore comments using natural-language questions.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: June CY2024

Outlook: Copilot in Outlook

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 07:00:00 Z

Copilot in Outlook helps you stay on top of your inbox and create impactful communication in a fraction of the time. Copilot can now summarize an email thread and quickly jump to the source of the summarized content, suggest action items, and draft new messages or replies. Copilot also coaches you on how to best get your message across and you can adjust the tone and length of your message. These features will be available in Outlook for Mac, web, iOS, Android, and the new Outlook for Windows.

More info: https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot
GA date: November CY2023

Outlook: Classic Outlook for Windows - Summarize by Copilot

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:07:13 Z

Copilot combines the power of LLMs and Outlook data to help you do more. Copilot can summarize email threads and extract key points.

More info: https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot
GA date: November CY2023

Outlook: Coaching by Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:42:59 Z

Copilot combines the power of LLMs and Outlook data to help you do more. Copilot coaches you on how to best get your message across and you can adjust the tone and length of your message.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 in Teams Chat list

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:43:05 Z

The Copilot for Microsoft 365 app is available in the Teams Apps Store for Copilot licensed users. This update will make the Copilot app visible in the Teams Chat list for easy access.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals—Goal Customization in Copilot in Viva Goals

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

Enhancements to Viva Goals Copilot to better support customized terminology.
GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Recap now available for Copilot users

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:15:45 Z

Copilot users can access intelligent recap after meetings to get a summary of the meeting, including: personalized timeline markers to easily browse the recordings by when you joined or left, when a screen was shared, and when your name was mentioned; browse recordings by speakers, chapters, and topics; as well as access AI-generated meeting notes, tasks, and jump to name mentions in the transcript.
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Copilot for Microsoft 365 in Teams chat on mobile

Tue, 13 Feb 2024 00:30:49 Z

Users will be able to easily access Copilot on the Teams mobile app.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Copilot: Pinned chats

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

Users of Microsoft Copilot with Graph-grounded chat can easily return to their recent chats and organize their work in Microsoft Copilot. With the new pinned chats feature, they can pin up to 15 chats for easy access later.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Copilot in Microsoft Teams

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 23:09:39 Z

Copilot in Microsoft Teams helps users stay organized and on top of all their information in chat, meetings, calls, and more with AI. Use one of the suggested prompts or enter free text questions to quickly synthesize information.

More info: https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft 365: Copilot (formerly Bing Chat Enterprise)

Wed, 19 Jul 2023 02:43:17 Z

Copilot gives your organization protected AI chat for the web with commercial data protection for Entra ID users. With Copilot, user and business data are protected and will not leak outside the organization. What goes in—and comes out—remains protected. Your organization’s chat data is not saved, Microsoft has no eyes-on access to it, and it is not used to train the models. Copilot with commercial data protection is available in Bing, Edge, and Windows.

More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bing-chat-enterprise/
GA date: December CY2023
Preview date: July CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals – Copilot

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 23:11:55 Z

With Copilot in Viva Goals, user will be able to leverage AI in creating goals, summaries, and making updates in Viva Goals.
GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: December CY2023

Microsoft 365 app: Copilot in Microsoft 365 Loop

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 22:13:15 Z

Copilot in Loop helps you unlock the power of shared thinking—co-create, get up to speed, and stay in sync with your teammates. Now you can iterate with Copilot collaboratively as a team, co-create prompts, generate tables to help organize team projects, catch up where your teammates left off, summarize page content, and generate a recap for a teammate you're handing work off to.

More info: https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage report for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 - Early Access Program (EAP)

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 23:33:39 Z

The new Microsoft 365 admin center Copilot product usage report shows enabled and active user time trends across 7/30/90/180 days. This feature is applicable only to the Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 - Early Adoption Program (EAP).

GA date: July CY2023

Word: Copilot in Word

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 07:00:00 Z

Copilot in Word transforms your writing with efficiency and creativity—create, summarize, ask questions, refine, and elevate your documents. Copilot in Word can now help you to draft content, bring in specific information from other documents into your content, generate summaries, ask questions about your document, get ideas about specific topics, and even transform text into tables or provide suggestions for ways to rewrite your content.

More info: https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot
GA date: November CY2023

PowerPoint: Copilot in PowerPoint

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 07:00:00 Z

Copilot in PowerPoint is a tool that can help you create, edit and understand presentations. It can draft a presentation based on your topic or Word doc, or add slides and images for you. It can design using your template, organize your slides, and summarize and extract the main points from a longer presentation.

More info: https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot
GA date: November CY2023

Whiteboard: Copilot in Whiteboard

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:07:08 Z

Copilot in Whiteboard helps you kickstart and accelerate your ideation process to generate, categorize, and summarize your ideas.

More info: https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot
GA date: November CY2023

OneNote: Copilot in OneNote

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 07:00:00 Z

Copilot in OneNote helps you revolutionize the way you plan and organize by staying better prepared and proactively taking action from notes. Now you can gain deeper insights on your notes by asking comprehensive questions, generating summaries of your content, asking Copilot to generate content for you, and helping make your writing clearer.

More info: https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft 365 admin center: Email notifications for "Issues in your environment that require action"

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 00:44:31 Z

Email notifications will now be sent for all health issues that require an admin to take an action.
GA date: July CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Feature Access Management

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 00:50:59 Z

Admins will have the ability to enable or disable designated Viva Engage features for specific users through the M365 admin center.

GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Configure policy tips as popups for labeled emails and attachments (U.S. Government clouds)

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 23:19:33 Z

Configure DLP rules that display warnings in a popup dialog before sending emails. With this capability, admins can set up rules to provide warnings, require business justifications, or request explicit acknowledgements before sending emails. Furthermore, admins can customize a Compliance URL within a DLP rule, ensuring that end users receive valuable guidance through the popup.
GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Viva: New landing experience for Viva Connections desktop

Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:27:56 Z

Help people in your organization manage their daily flow of work using a customized landing experience in Teams that displays the most important tasks, tools, news, and resources in one central place. The new landing experience offers expanded navigational tools between Viva apps.

GA date: September CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Refreshed landing experience for Viva Connections desktop

Tue, 03 Oct 2023 23:11:49 Z

The refreshed landing experience for Viva Connections introduces several requested new features including branding capabilities, sending announcements, a revamped Resources section, and support for different card sizes. The refreshed landing experience also brings the feed back into the viewport on your Connections page and offers an improved layout to the landing page.
GA date: November CY2023

Exchange: Adding support for Inbound SMTP DANE with DNSSEC for Exchange Online GCC-H and DoD

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 23:15:47 Z

We are adding inbound support for SMTP DANE with DNSSEC to Exchange Online GCC-H and DoD. Look for another roadmap item for inbound support in WW and GCC, and one for outbound support of SMTP DANE with DNSSEC.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Admins can provide intent while submitting

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 23:30:53 Z

Admins submitting to Microsoft can convey whether they are submitting for a second opinion or they are submitting to convey their confirmation of clean or malicious verdict.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft 365: "Help me create" in Microsoft 365

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:45:00 Z

"Help me create" is a content create feature in Microsoft365.com that is powered by Copilot for Microsoft 365. Like Copilot, "Help me create" is built on Microsoft's comprehensive approach to security, compliance, and privacy.
GA date: February CY2024
Preview date: October CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Join a meeting by digital code for GCC-High and DoD

Wed, 04 May 2022 22:59:09 Z

User can join a meeting by entering a digital code.
GA date: November CY2023

Planner: Rosters supporting container sensitivity labels

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 23:17:19 Z

Organization admins will now be able to apply container labels to rosters in Microsoft Planner. This is enabled directly in Planner and by using Microsoft Graph APIs. Rosters are created automatically for task lists in Microsoft Loop. Tenant admins can make container labels for these rosters mandatory and set a default label, or not make them mandatory. The roster and the Planner plan contained by the Roster then follow container policy settings. For Graph API requests, if labels are mandatory as per tenant settings, roster creation fails if a label is not provided at the time of request.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Stream: Collaborative notes in Teams meeting recordings

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 22:28:05 Z

This feature enables users to view and edit collaborative meeting notes while watching Teams meeting recordings in Stream. Collaborative notes allow meeting attendees to co-create and collaborate on their meeting agenda, notes, and action items. Since Collaborative notes are a Loop component, it is always in sync regardless of how many places they live in. Assigned tasks in collaborative meeting notes automatically sync with To Do & Planner.
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Teams: 3P eCDN support for town halls (Premium)

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 23:30:25 Z

Admins have the ability to disable Microsoft first party eCDN at a user level within a tenant for users licensed with Teams Premium and switch the users back to using a third-party eCDN as they prefer.
GA date: March CY2024

Outlook: Teams chat from email messages in the new Outlook for Windows

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:24 Z

This will allow users to start a Teams chat directly from an email message with the sender or all of the recipients in the email, the Teams chat opens in Outlook - so users can chat and continue their workflow in Outlook. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Just in time protection (JIT) on SharePoint

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 23:09:27 Z

Just-in-time protection for SharePoint in Microsoft Purview DLP allows organizations to extend protection to unclassified files in SharePoint and apply restrictions defined in DLP policies at the time of egress.

GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: June CY2024

Outlook : Upload and share documents through OneDrive on large emails

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 23:16:49 Z

When you try to attach a file to an email message that has hit the maximum size limit, or when an attachment will push the email over that limit, you will be prompted to upload the file to the OneDrive account associated with the email so that you can still easily share the document.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Inactive teams and inactive domains report export capability

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 23:00:37 Z

Admins will be able to export the inactive teams and inactive domains reports to a csv file in Teams Admin Center.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Azure protected voicemail on Teams App

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:04:04 Z

Teams users will now have link to their Azure protected voicemails from the Teams App. Users will get notification for the voicemail on the Teams App and can open the attached link to access the voicemail on the web browser.
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Viva: New landing experience for Viva Connections desktop

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Granular exclusion

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 23:04:16 Z

Granular exclusion allows admins to adjust and fine tune indicators according to organizational preferences to help tailor the detection of risks that may lead to a potential security incident. For example, admins can configure the indicator “sending email with attachments to recipients outside the organization” to only detect emails sent to personal domains (e.g., outlook.com). In that way, admins can reduce the number of false positives. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. Note: The cloud environments have been updated to show the current state. We apologize for any incovenience this may cause.
GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: June CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – New Microsoft Graph APIs for retention labels in SharePoint and OneDrive

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 23:29:56 Z

Organizations can use Microsoft Graph APIs to manage retention labels on items in SharePoint and OneDrive. This update includes the ability to apply and remove retention labels on items, get information about retention labels applied to items, and lock/unlock labels that classify content as records.

GA date: October CY2023
Preview date: September CY2023

Microsoft Intune: Flexible PKG install for macOS

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 23:11:53 Z

Agent-based advanced app deployment that unlocks the ability to deploy complex PKG-type apps that are business-critical.

GA date: December CY2023
Preview date: July CY2023

Microsoft Search: Customize default verticals, add verticals and filters

Fri, 08 Dec 2023 00:16:48 Z

New support for Microsoft Search allows you to customize out of the box verticals for Microsoft Search and add new verticals and filters based on SharePoint content.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Room Remote on Desktop for GCC

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 23:30:25 Z

The Room Remote feature enables touchless meeting experiences by allowing users to control a nearby shared Teams Rooms device (Windows or Android) from their PC companion device with the Teams client.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Privacy statement customization in Meetings

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:15:55 Z

Admins can customize the privacy statement link shown to attendees joining a Teams Meeting. Admins can update the content for the privacy statement under the privacy profile in the Microsoft Admin Center.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Clipchamp: Auto-captioning in Clipchamp

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:00:23 Z

Clipchamp now enables making your videos accessible or easy to follow while muted. Easily generate real-time captions in just one click with the auto-captions feature. Using smart voice detection technology, our auto-captions generates captions and a downloadable SRT file for you, with no typing required. The transcript also creates an index of timestamps to help you navigate and edit your video faster. You can correct the captions if there are any mistakes using the captions panel easily.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Alignment view

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 23:12:44 Z

Viva Goals announces the release of the alignment view, designed to help users visualize how their work contributes to top-level organizational goals more efficiently than ever before. With this revamped experience, users can quickly gain a bird's eye view of their objectives and expand or collapse them to different levels from the chart. This feature will provide users with a more comprehensive understanding of their progress towards team goals, helping them to stay aligned with the teams' objectives.
GA date: June CY2023

Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Tracking and Revocation in Compliance Portal

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 23:42:57 Z

Users can access the Microsoft Purview compliance portal to check who has tried accessing their sensitivity labeled and encrypted local Office files and revoke access when needed.
GA date: April CY2024
Preview date: August CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Purview Information Protection Tracking and Revocation - End-User Tracking and Revocation

Thu, 24 Aug 2023 23:14:20 Z

From the sensitivity menu, users can access the Microsoft Purview compliance portal to check who has tried accessing their protected files and revoke access when needed.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Tracking and Revocation in Compliance Portal

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 23:08:51 Z

Users can access the Microsoft Purview compliance portal to check who has tried accessing their sensitivity labeled and encrypted local Office files and revoke access when needed.

GA date: April CY2024

Outlook: Presence is back to Outlook on the Web

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:06:16 Z

Teams Presence will be shown in Compose and read scenarios for recipients, co-recipients, and sender. The bubble indicators will provide contact's status and help you decide the best way to communicate with them.

GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals Zapier data integration

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 23:25:48 Z

The Viva Goals integration with Zapier allows users to automate their key results with progress from over 5000+ apps in the Zapier marketplace. This release will be generally available to all regions except EU.
GA date: April CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Specific People Link support for Collaborative Notes

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:43:57 Z

With the launch of Collaborative notes, we’re also improving the shareable link type that is created by Collaborative notes to help make meetings more effective and secure. The new Collaborative notes component will generate a Specific People Link (PSL) by default. This link type offers more controlled access than Company Specific Link (CSL). This change also aligns with tenants who have their file-sharing policy set as Specific People. Tenants who previously had Collaborative notes disabled due to lack of PSL support can now enable and use the feature.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - General Security Policy Violations

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:58:40 Z

Detects security violations by users included in a priority user group. Includes activity generated by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint alerts, which detect possible security violations performed on devices on devices onboarded to your organization. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, security and policy violations, and more. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. Note: We apologize for the shifted timeline. We do appreciate your patience and understanding. Note: We are updating this item to reflect changes to this deployment. We appreciate your patience.

GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: April CY2022

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Security policy violations by priority users

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:58:41 Z

GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: April CY2022

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Security policy violations by departing users

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:58:43 Z

"Detects security violations by departing users near their resignation or termination date. Includes activity generated by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint alerts, which detect possible security violations performed on devices onboarded to your organization. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, security and policy violations, and more. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. Note: We apologize for the shifted timeline. We do appreciate your patience and understanding. Note: We are updating this item to reflect changes to this deployment. We appreciate your patience.

GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: April CY2022

Microsoft Viva: Personalized Viva Goals Digest Emails

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 23:15:46 Z

Viva Goals activity summary digest emails summarize and curate the most relevant content for users across their Viva Goals experience.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Publish to Viva Engage

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:26:53 Z

Campaign members can now additionally publish their publication to Viva Engage.
GA date: May CY2025
Preview date: May CY2024

Access: Making 32-bit Access Large Address Aware (LAA)

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 23:17:17 Z

32-bit Access will become Large Address Aware (LAA) to address 4G of memory, rather than 2G.

GA date: November CY2023

Outlook: Updated Outlook for Android Settings

Sat, 04 Nov 2023 00:00:43 Z

The whole Outlook for Android Settings page is being updated to be better organized so that you can find the settings you need more efficiently.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Updated post type designs in Viva Engage

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 02:15:38 Z

The design of the praise, poll, and question post types in Viva Engage are changing to a more streamlined format. Users will retain all the same publishing and engagement features as the previous design. We've made this change to put more emphasis on user content and help with the experience across surfaces.
GA date: December CY2023

Outlook: [Android] Customizable Compose Toolbar and Drawer

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:31:31 Z

Now while writing an email, you can reorder tools to customize your experience and make your most used actions even easier to reach.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Ability to recommend courses to groups

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 23:31:28 Z

Allows users to use existing user groups while making recommendations.

GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Stream: Add a hyperlink or text callout to a video at specific times

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:07:11 Z

Make your video interactive and more engaging by adding annotations that can include hyperlinks and text. Call out important moments or share documents and other links to additional resources. You can add text and links anywhere in the video timeline to help guide your viewers to the right information. Note: The release state and clouds now reflect the current status. Government clouds will release at a later date. We apologize for any inconveniences.
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Stream: Add a survey, poll, or quiz to a video at specific times

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 07:00:00 Z

Make your video interactive and more engaging by adding a survey, quiz, or poll using Microsoft Forms. You can add forms anywhere in the video timeline for videos you own. Go to Microsoft Forms to view responses and share a summary link with answers and scores in Microsoft Forms.
GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage navigation model enhancements

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 01:15:00 Z

Updates on Viva Engage navigation model to bring consistency across web and Teams and Outlook integrations and simplify finding everything Viva Engage has to offer.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Forms empowers you to create and customize forms with ease and speed

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:00:38 Z

Copilot in Forms is a new feature that enables users to create forms and customize themes with ease and speed. With this feature, you can describe the form you need in natural language, and Copilot will generate a form based on your description. You can preview the form and refine it as needed. After that, you can get suggested themes to uplift your form that encourages more engagement from the audience.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Purview capabilities for Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 23:21:01 Z

Microsoft Purview is launching several capabilities that help with security and compliance of data in Microsoft 365 Copilot. These are capabilities in Information Protection, Data Lifecycle Management, Audit, eDiscovery, and Communication Compliance.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports - Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365)

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:19:50 Z

We will be introducing a new Usage report covering Copilot for Microsoft 365. The report will include two sections: readiness and usage. The readiness section will include insights into your organization's technical eligibility, license assignment, and Microsoft 365 usage metrics to inform Copilot license assignment decisions. The Usage section of the report will include total enabled and active users, Copilot usage with a breakout per Microsoft 365 app, activity insights, and more to follow.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Control your activity notifications from the activity card

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:28:02 Z

Users will be able to control what shows in their activity feed by clicking on the ellipsis from the activity card, helping them to stay on top of the information that matters most to them.

GA date: January CY2024

Outlook: Sync feature

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 00:15:10 Z

A button option to initiate email sync is coming to the new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web. This will allow users to ensure that their send and receive email experience is up to date. This functionality will be within the View tab of the Ribbon. #newoutlookforwindows.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: OneDrive – Share Word Documents with AI summary

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:45:52 Z

Users can now opt to include an AI-generated document summary inside the share dialog when they share a Word document with other users. The document summary is included in the share notification email sent to the recipient(s) giving them more context around the contents of the shared document. This feature is only enabled for customers with a Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 license and works only when sharing a Word for the web file.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Engage - Answers in Communities

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 23:14:37 Z

Introducing Answers for Viva Engage communities: premium license holders can see 'Top related questions' in the question publisher, gain badges for answering questions in communities, and view their activity through Answers Analytics.
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Automatic updates for the Teams app on Android-based Teams devices

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 23:13:39 Z

Android-based Teams devices will receive automatic updates of the Teams app without the need for any manual intervention. Administrators can manage the automatic updates by organizing devices into update phases or pausing the rollout temporarily, if needed, from Teams Admin Center.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Edge: Automatic profile switching controls for Microsoft Edge for Business

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:00:23 Z

The Microsoft Edge management service will provide admins with the ability to configure settings for automatic profile switching in the Microsoft Edge browser. This can help enforce context separation between their end users' work and personal browsing.
GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: February CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Admins and delegates in Viva Engage con close conversations on behalf of others

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 23:30:14 Z

Admins and delegates in Viva Engage con close conversations on behalf of others. Delegates are only allowed to close conversations on behalf of the delegator.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Create more than one Connections experience in the same tenant

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 01:15:00 Z

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: AIR Initiated Remediation Logging

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:45:53 Z

The AIR attribution update will empower customers with enhanced insights by deciphering between remediations produced by AIR versus truly manual remediations initiated independently by SecOps teams. Presently, all actions produced by AIR and approved by SecOps are logged as manual remediations throughout the portal. With this update, messages that are remediated as a result of approval of an AIR action will be logged as SecOps approved automated actions.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Improve prompt responses in Copilot with Graph-grounding chat with nudges to insert data sources

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:45:53 Z

Use nudges to ground prompts in data sources to improve prompt responses in Copilot with Graph-grounding chat.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: New calendar views on Teams Rooms on Android

Wed, 30 Aug 2023 23:19:08 Z

The calendar on Teams Rooms on Android gets a new look and expanded functionalities. Users can view the calendar for the current and next day. Any available 11 minute or more time slots are shown. A visual indicator (green/purple vertical bar) is added to each time slot for users to easily see whether a room is booked or available. Available in all Teams Rooms licenses.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Improved View switcher and Front of Room display controls for Teams Rooms on Android

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 23:09:35 Z

The updated interface for the Teams Rooms on Android View Switcher menu provides end users with more control of the front of room display(s) during a meeting and enables customizations including visibility of the meeting chat and which meeting component is displayed on the left and right panel for Front Row. IT admins can configure the default number of panels and default component on panel(s) using the local device setting.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Audio and video flyout and settings in Teams meetings

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:11:31 Z

The Audio and Video Flyout is designed to make it easier and more efficient for users to manage their audio and video settings during Teams meetings. Users can easily toggle features on and off with visual indicators for both audio and video settings, eliminating the need to navigate deep into the settings menu to make adjustments.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Registration Form Updates in Webinars

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:30:38 Z

Organizers can rearrange the sequence of registration form questions that are presented to attendees during the webinar registration process. The questions available for reordering include address, city, state, zip/post code, country/region, job title organization, industry, and custom questions.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Edge: v.124 - Edge Updates experience migrates into Browser Essentials

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Notifications on available Edge Updates will come from Browser Essentials instead of the Settings page for better visibility and experience.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Click-to-Chat with Teams App Publishers

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 23:25:59 Z

This feature enables users of Teams Admin Center to quickly and easily open a private Teams chat between themselves and a third-party app publisher to directly ask questions on pricing, compliance or other topics as they consider the deployment and/or purchase of the app.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Teams: New Shared display mode for BYOD meeting rooms

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:26:50 Z

The new shared display mode provides users the ability to extend their Teams meeting via a pop-out and view-only version of the stage onto the TV screen in BYOD meeting rooms. This mode ensures the meeting content is extended to the front of the room for others to see and provides the host the peace of mind their desktop is for their viewing only, minimizes the personal information that others in the room can see.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - HighCompleteness parameter in Search-UnifiedAuditLog Audit cmdlet

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Microsoft is introducing a new query parameter which allows you to switch between performance and completeness of query results based on the scenario requirement. When enabled, the query returns more complete search results but may take significantly longer to run. When disabled, the query runs faster but may have missing search results.
GA date: April CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

SharePoint: Pages - Heading levels for web parts

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 23:15:49 Z

When authoring pages, this will create the ability to choose heading level for webparts to help define the hierarchy of information on a page.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Edge: v.124 - Updated Edge Profile account re-authentication popup when Browser to Web Single-Sign-On (SSO) fails.

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:15:09 Z

Edge provides a browser to Web single sign-on (SSO) capability that lets a user sign in to their Edge Profile with a web account first and then automatically sign them into Microsoft first party websites. This is done by saving cached credentials. This approach works until there's an authentication challenge to the cached credentials. A typical scenario is when a user changes their password on a different device. The cached credentials on the current device become outdated and SSO fails. Edge detects this failure and shows a re-authentication popup that prompts the user to update their cached credentials on the current device.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Automatic Targeting based on roles for Frontline

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:15:45 Z

Frontline teams can notify the right set of colleagues on channel posts (e.g. notify colleagues in specific role or department)
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Discover feed for channels

Fri, 08 Dec 2023 23:33:37 Z

Users can access a personalized feed based on important updates in the channels they are a part of.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Policy tuning analysis for priority content-only policies

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 23:30:16 Z

Policy tuning analysis provides admins with a real-time prediction of the number of users in a tenant that could potentially match a given set of policy conditions. With this update, policy tuning analysis will support insider risk policies that are scoped for priority content. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: February CY2025
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Search in Viva Connections on iOS and Android tablet

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:45:01 Z

This adds a search entry point and a new tailored experience for Viva Connection users on iOS and Android tablets.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - HighCompleteness parameter in Search - UnifiedAuditLog Audit cmdlet

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 23:15:20 Z

Outlook: Updated notifications experience in Mobile

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 23:20:35 Z

We've updated notifications to make it easier for you to effectively customize your settings so you can stay on top of the things that matter to you and be able to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

GA date: January CY2023

Excel: Comment filtering

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:15:43 Z

Enable filtering capabilities for the comment pane.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: New Meeting Option and Meeting Policy "Turn off copying or forwarding of meeting chat" (Premium)

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:04:06 Z

"Turn off copying or forwarding of meeting chat" is a new meeting option that gives meeting organizer the option to disable copying and sharing features on meeting chat messages for participants in order to reduce the risk of data leak. Once this restriction is enabled, meeting chat participants will not be able to copy chat messages using menu option or keyboard shortcut, forward messages or share messages to Outlook. There is also a new Meeting Policy setting in Teams admin center for admin to control whether user can see or use this feature in Meeting Options page. Admin can also set the default value for this meeting option in Meeting Templates they create.
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Edge: Desktop Shortcut for New Enterprise Devices

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:15:09 Z

For new enterprise devices, including Windows Enterprise SKUs, Windows Server SKUs and any domain-joined or AAD-joined devices, running through Windows Out of Box Experience (OOBE) for the first time will see a Microsoft Edge desktop shortcut automatically created. When enterprise users turn on their Windows 11 devices for the first time, they'll see the Edge shortcut on their desktop. This desktop shortcut provides users with an alternative way to access their Microsoft Edge browser without needing to manually pin and configure their set-up.For new enterprise devices, including Windows Enterprise SKUs, Windows Server SKUs and any domain-joined or AAD-joined devices, running through Windows Out of Box Experience (OOBE) for the first time will see a Microsoft Edge desktop shortcut automatically created. When enterprise users turn on their Windows 11 devices for the first time, they'll see the Edge shortcut on their desktop. This desktop shortcut provides users with an alternative way to access their Microsoft Edge browser without needing to manually pin and configure their set-up.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Edit and Delete events support for messages in user: Bot chats

Fri, 16 Dec 2022 23:08:57 Z

Currently, message events can be accessed by developers. This feature allows developers to access, edit or delete event updates on messages in user:bot chats.

GA date: January CY2023

Outlook: SMS on Outlook Lite

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 23:15:59 Z

Available only in India. Outlook Lite now presents a modern, powerful SMS experience for users who prefer to have all their messaging needs in one compact platform/

GA date: August CY2023
Preview date: July CY2023

Outlook: In-Person Event

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

New option during event creation in Outlook will allow organizer to request invitees to attend the event in person. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and the web. #newoutlookforwindows.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Increased synergy between webapp and Teams App

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Users will be able to easily switch within Viva Learning Teams app and Webapp.

GA date: April CY2024

Outlook: Updated Outlook for iOS Settings

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 22:14:09 Z

The whole Outlook for iOS Settings page is being updated to be better organized so that you can find the settings you need more efficiently.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft 365 Admin Center: Improved issue details for service health

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

We are introducing a new version of the service health issue details pane (the surface that appears when you click on a service incident or service advisory to view details). The new version substantially reduces the amount of duplicated text and brings key information forward with improved formatting. This gives you quicker access to the information you need, reducing the time and effort required to get up to speed on service incident details.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft Copilot with graph grounded chat in the Microsoft 365 mobile app

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:15:09 Z

Microsoft 365 mobile app users with a Copilot for Microsoft 365 license will be able to receive answers grounded in their organizational graph data.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Meeting protection support on Teams Rooms on Android

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 23:03:14 Z

Teams Rooms on Android devices apply the Teams Premium meeting security features including end-to-end encryption and sensitivity labels if the meeting organizer has them turned on.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Simplified channel creation

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:05:22 Z

We added the option to create a channel directly from the + button in the Teams app, making it easier for the user to create a channel.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Simplified team create

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:42:13 Z

When creating a team, the new default experience will be ‘create a team from scratch’, making it a simpler and quicker experience.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Synced updates for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android devices and paired consoles.

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 23:09:55 Z

When Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android devices are updated from the Teams Admin Center, their paired consoles will get updated in tandem, ensuring a seamless experience.

GA date: December CY2023

SharePoint: Section Background

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:15:05 Z

SharePoint now allows you to add an image or gradient color to the sections of the page from a new set of options, including image settings to ensure readability. With this release, we're providing authors to make beautiful pages with featured sections.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Quicker sign in without entering the domain name

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Users can skip typing the full user principal name (UPN) and sign in faster on shared and managed devices, by using app configuration policies to autofill the domain name.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Intune: macOS Platform SSO Support

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 23:15:56 Z

Enable logging in on a managed Mac using your Entra ID password.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Interact with Copilot in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 22:15:32 Z

Interact with Copilot in Outlook, ask questions, or provide instructions directly inside Outlook. Users can type and receive responses from Copilot in a right-hand side panel that can be opened by the user by clicking on the Copilot icon in the top nav bar. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: April CY2024

Access: Integrate Monaco framework to improve SQL editor capabilities

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:45:21 Z

The Monaco Editor is the fully featured code editor from VS Code with standard IDE functionality such as syntax highlighting, IntelliSense, and autocomplete.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Engage Community Analytics

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 23:09:34 Z

Updates to community analytics will allow community admins to better understand engagement trends, reach and the top conversations that occur within their communities.
GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Private Line

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 23:19:18 Z

With private line, users will be able to have a private second phone number that they can make available to a select set of callers to call them directly, bypassing delegates, admins, or assistants. Inbound calls to the private line will be distinguished by a unique notification and ringtone. The private line will support incoming calls only. Note: We have updated the cloud instances to reflect the current state. We will create a new roadmap with a new timeline when available.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals - New goal sharing experience

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 23:30:55 Z

Users will now be able to experience the enhanced share functionality in Viva Goals and provide access as they share with their team. Note: The release phase and date have been updated to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Engage Answers Intelligent Importer

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:15:19 Z

This feature will allow users to upload documents and use AI to generate question and answer pairs from that content within Answers and communities on Engage for premium users. Answers Intelligent Importer aims to transform static to dynamic, fostering active engagement and interactive conversations. This approach also facilitates the easy retrieval and reuse of generated answers, preventing them from getting lost within the depths of a document.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Multi-tenant Events and AMA in Viva Engage

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:45:32 Z

Enable hosting of Cross-tenant AMAs and Events with Viva Engage
GA date: September CY2024

SharePoint: Pages - Author inline comments

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:45:32 Z

Author inline comments enables users to collaborate, provide feedback, and track issues within a page or news post.
GA date: December CY2024

Bookings: Bookings in GCC High and DoD

Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:30:21 Z

With this update, Bookings will be available to customers in GCC High and DoD environments.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Multi-tenant communities and campaigns in Viva Engage

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:45:30 Z

Microsoft Viva Engage is bringing support to enable multi-tenant organizations to have a seamless experience with Campaigns and Communities.
GA date: June CY2024

SharePoint: Pages - Updated Hero web part with new layout & styles

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:45:30 Z

The reimagined hero web part will feature a carousel layout and a selection of new styles, creating an eye-catching and engaging experience at the top of the page.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Green screen in Teams meetings

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 00:21:47 Z

Green screen improves the sharpness and definition of the virtual background effect around your face, head, ears, and hair. It also allows you to show a prop or other object in your hand to be more visible to other participants in a call. The virtual background with a green screen provides the best virtual background effect, consuming fewer system resources, allowing your Teams to run smoother.

GA date: April CY2023
Preview date: March CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Join Teams work meetings from Microsoft Teams (free) and vice versa

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:11:19 Z

This feature enables Microsoft Teams (free) users, those using a personal Microsoft Account, to directly join Teams for work meetings from within the client and stay connected even after the meeting has ended. This feature similarly also enables Microsoft Teams (work or school) users to join the Microsoft Teams (free) meetings directly from within the client. These users are no longer prompted to join via a browser and treated as meeting guests (anonymous).

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Remove items from your activity feed

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:18:02 Z

Users will be able to remove items they no longer need from their activity feed, helping the user stay on top of their notifications.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Question level permissions

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Enable question level permissions for survey takers
GA date: April CY2024

SharePoint: Flexible Layouts

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:45:30 Z

New flexible layout sections allow authors to build pages without the strict column structure. Web parts can be dynamically resized and moved within the flexible section.
GA date: March CY2025

Outlook: [iOS] Customizable Compose Toolbar and Drawer

Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:26:28 Z

Now while writing an email you can reordering the tools, customizing your experience and making your most used actions even easier to reach.

GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Graph: SharePoint Pages API

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 22:05:42 Z

New graph API to create and manage SharePoint pages and news posts.
GA date: April CY2024
Preview date: January CY2023

Microsoft Intune: Advanced Analytics

Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:24:15 Z

Data science and AI powered automation, recommendations and insights enable IT to proactively improve user experiences based on endpoint health and performance.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Use Apple AirPods to mute/unmute yourself in Microsoft Teams

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:45:00 Z

Microsoft Teams now works seamlessly with Apple AirPods to mute or unmute yourself on Mac models running macOS Sonoma. The same functionality already available on iPhone running iOS 17 is now supported on new Teams for Mac.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Graph: Microsoft Purview | Data Lifecycle Management - Microsoft Graph APIs to manage retention labels and event-based retention

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 23:27:48 Z

The first release of Graph APIs for Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management will enable organizations to create and manage retention labels, events, and event types for event-based retention.
GA date: March CY2023
Preview date: July CY2022

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Policy template limit increase

Fri, 28 Jul 2023 22:16:48 Z

With this update, the maximum number of policies for each insider risk policy template increases from 5 to 20. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. Note: The clouds were incorrect and have now been changed to reflect the correct state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. 2nd Note: The status and launch phase were incorrect and are now updated to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: August CY2023

Outlook: Draft by Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 00:43:02 Z

Copilot combines the power of LLMs and Outlook data to help you do more. Copilot can now help you draft new messages or replies.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Edge: Extension requests and feedback

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:00:23 Z

The Microsoft Edge management service will provide admins and end users with an enhanced extensions management experience. End users can request access to blocked extensions, and admins can view these requests in the Microsoft Edge management service. Admins can also optionally choose to receive email notifications for these requests to inform them promptly of any new feedback.
GA date: April CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights ONA report wizard

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 23:04:20 Z

A guided workflow will equip analysts with the requisite insights to better diagnose the impact of a change on cross-functional collaboration patterns; the insights surfaced are powered by ONA metrics and are visualized via simple and intuitive network graphs which facilitates the detection of changes in collaboration before/after a large-scale change or transition, such as re-org.

GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Enhancements for eDiscovery support of Loop content

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 02:15:52 Z

Microsoft Teams: Change background while recording on phone

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 02:15:52 Z

You can record a video clip with your phone camera and switch your background to any picture you want or make it blurry. With this feature, you can record yourself anywhere and share it with coworkers in your Teams chat or channel.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance-Cross policy remediation actions for enhanced remediation experience

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:00:38 Z

Communication Compliance introduces the ability for an investigator to resolve every instance of a message across all policies with one Resolve action. Customers with several active policies may see the same message captured as a policy match in more than 1 policy: Instead of an investigator Resolving the same message multiple times, Cross Policy Remediation allows investigators to resolve every instance of that message at once.
GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Dashboard personalization on desktop in Viva Connections

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Customize your dashboard by adding, removing or reordering the dashboard cards.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Edge: v.124 - Sidebar Tools App - SpeedTest

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 23:15:19 Z

This adds a SpeedTest answer by default to the Tools app in the Edge sidebar.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-sidebar
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Configure Teams meetings with protection for sensitive data on a mobile device

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 23:05:10 Z

Users can collaborate in a way that meets compliance standards in meetings on a mobile device by picking sensitivity labels on Teams calendar. The labels will follow all the rules that have been set by the administrators, and they will apply to the users in the tenant.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Loop available in Loop components in Teams and Outlook

Fri, 03 May 2024 22:15:09 Z

People with a Copilot License can now leverage Copilot in Loop when they paste Loop components into the Teams app, Outlook, and Meeting Notes.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Honor Tenant admin control settings for Microsoft Bookings SMS functionality in the Bookings app in Teams

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 23:07:01 Z

Tenant admin settings in Bookings admin page in Microsoft Teams Admin center to enable/disable SMS functionality in all Bookings calendars in the tenant. Note: The cloud environments have been updated to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
GA date: September CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Automatically view up to 9 videos (3x3) in Teams meetings in Chrome and Edge

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 23:24:31 Z

Microsoft Teams Meetings currently supports a maximum of 4 videos (2x2) on the screen by default (i.e., Gallery view) on web browsers. With this update, users will be able to automatically see up to 9 videos (3x3) on Chrome and Edge on their screen by default without an explicit action.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Hide general channel

Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:30:21 Z

Alike other channels, now you will be able to hide general channels in your teams, helping you focus on the channels that matter most to you.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Teams Phone and Teams Rooms licenses in device store

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 23:25:57 Z

IT administrators can already browse and purchase Teams certified devices in the device store in Teams Admin Center. This update will enable IT admins to try and buy Teams Phone and Teams Rooms licenses from the device store.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Teams: New Teams meeting templates added to Outlook Teams add-in

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:22:24 Z

New meeting templates for Virtual Appointment, Webinar, and Town hall are available in the Teams meeting dropdown menu in the Calendar tab in Outlook with the Outlook Teams add-in enabled. This allows organizers to set up these broader Teams meeting scenarios directly within Outlook and these will show up on calendars in both Outlook and Teams apps.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Meeting invite improvements

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

Meeting invite is the first thing that the user invited to the meeting sees before joining. We are making some design improvements to make sure we have the most important information there and it's better grouped. Note: We have updated the cloud environments to reflect the current state. Other government clouds will release at a later time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Tags will be supported in Private Channels

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 23:45:07 Z

Users can now use team tags to @ mention groups of people in private channels.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Tags in Shared Channels

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 23:45:07 Z

Users can now use team tags to @ mention groups of people within shared channels.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Purview support for Webinars

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 01:00:53 Z

IT admins can leverage Microsoft Purview for eDiscovery and legal hold needs to maintain compliance for webinars.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Teams: External domain activity report export capability

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 23:00:37 Z

Export the ‘External domain activity’ report to a csv file in Teams Admin Center.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: See multiple participants and shared content preview in improved presenter window when screen sharing

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:30:00 Z

When sharing the screen or content, the presenter will now be able to better keep track of the participants' activity during a meeting. The Improved Presenter Window shows up to four meeting participants (both video and audio), who are active speakers and who raised hands, as well as a preview of the content being shared. Meeting notifications appear in the middle of the screen for better visibility. This gives presenters increased confidence and awareness of what is happening among participants during a meeting.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Clipchamp: Work account support in Clipchamp's desktop app

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 23:15:43 Z

The updated Clipchamp desktop app introduces work account support and lets users with AAD/Entra ID accounts directly access Clipchamp for work through the desktop app for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Users of Clipchamp for work will be able to access the video editor in the app without using a browser. Microsoft 365 administrators can control if their users are able to access both Clipchamp for work and Clipchamp for personal accounts via the app or only Clipchamp for work.
More info: https://support.microsoft.com/topic/how-to-enable-or-disable-clipchamp-for-users-in-your-organization-5b74028f-6dd8-423c-a6cb-8e2b8b42c6e7#bkmk_app_access
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Sensitivity labels protection policy support for Azure SQL, Azure Storage, and Amazon S3

Mon, 06 May 2024 23:45:36 Z

Label-based protection support is now possible for Azure SQL, Azure Data Lake Storage, and Amazon S3 buckets, all within Microsoft Purview Information Protection. You may already know how to protect Microsoft 365 data like documents or emails with sensitivity labels, and you will now be able to apply these labels and the related protections to these additional sources. In addition, you will have a consistent framework for your sensitive information by allowing your existing label scheme and extending it to apply within these sources.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Live meeting status for mobile

Fri, 08 Dec 2023 23:33:27 Z

Teams calendar on mobile devices displays the live status of a meeting with avatars of the participants who are in the call, whether the meeting is being recorded and the duration of the meeting.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Meeting participants time-zone

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 23:11:08 Z

When scheduling a meeting with people from different time-zones, the user will be prompted with suggested start times and additional insights that correspond to the participants respective time-zone, ensuring a more suitable time for all meeting participants.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) - Review set data minimization - Identify exact duplicates by default

Wed, 31 May 2023 23:25:51 Z

Harness the built-in review set query within eDiscovery (Premium) review sets, specifically designed to pinpoint exact duplicates and encompassing email threads, to systematically reduce your review set data by an average of 30%, eliminating the need to trigger analytics manually post ingestion. Gain full visibility into all hash values utilized in de-duplication and email threading algorithms, ensuring a seamless and efficient review process.
GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Private & shared channels links

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 23:45:56 Z

Need to add your colleague to a channel discussion? Copy the link of a private or a shared channel, a channel post or one of its replies and share it with your partner, so they can join the discussion in one click.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Project: Lead-Lag in task dependencies

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Set advancement and delay between tasks in your project.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Syntex: Advanced Tenant Rename

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 23:30:46 Z

As part of SharePoint Advanced Management, change your SharePoint domain with greater control. This includes the ability to prioritize up to 4,000 sites for early execution as well as support for tenants with total site counts up to 100,000.

GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Meeting options updates for Webinars

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:15:45 Z

The meeting options for a webinar are now accessible within the webinar setup in Teams. Organizers can edit meeting options in an inline window within the scheduling form in Teams.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals—Custom Check-In Templates

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

Check-In templates will allow team owners and admins to specify a template for check-ins. Goal owners can use these templates when making check-ins on their goals.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Meeting options updates for town halls

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 01:00:51 Z

The meeting options for a town hall are now accessible within the town hall setup in Teams. Organizers can edit meeting options in an inline window within the scheduling form in Teams.
GA date: February CY2024

SharePoint: Enable/Disable Unstructured, Structured, and Prebuilt Document Processing

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:15:12 Z

Admins will be able to enable or disable the entire Unstructured, Structured, and Prebuilt Document Processing services. Disabling the service prevents any models of this type from running.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Purview support for town hall

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:15:19 Z

IT admins can leverage Microsoft Purview for eDiscovery and legal hold needs to maintain compliance for town halls.
GA date: January CY2025

Outlook: Folder tags on items in Search Folders in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 22:15:40 Z

Search Folders will now display a folder tag within the message list, indicating the folder to which each email belongs. This enhancement provides users with quick and easy access to contextual information, improving navigation and organization within their mailbox. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: April CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) - Review set: Advanced filters

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 23:11:54 Z

Updates to eDiscovery (Premium) review filters experience that allow admins to construct compound nested filters with either “AND” or “OR” conditions, go back and forth (undo/redo) between different iterations of filters, manage saved filter queries without navigating to a different panel, and use “Is empty/Is not empty” condition for each filter.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: June CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Immersive spaces in Microsoft Teams

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 23:09:39 Z

Immersive spaces in Teams makes it easier for Teams users to transform their meetings into a 3D experience. With just one click, you can connect with your team in a pre-built immersive space right from the view menu in Teams meetings. Note: The roadmap item was inadvertently marked Launched. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

GA date: January CY2024
Preview date: October CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Branded Meetings - Join Launcher Screen with Brand Image and Logo Support (Premium)

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 22:06:39 Z

The Teams Join Launcher web page will now support the brand logo and brand image uploaded for branded meetings. This is a Teams Premium feature.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Together mode and content share layout improvement

Thu, 19 Oct 2023 23:13:36 Z

With the new layout, Together mode will be displayed under the shared content. The users will be able to see the participants in Together mode and shared content simultaneously in a completely new way. Full Together mode experience is available including raised hands, reactions and name labels.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Meeting Recap on Teams Mobile (Premium)

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 23:30:25 Z

Intelligent recap is now available on Teams for iOS and Android, so users can access AI-generated meeting notes, AI-generated tasks, and name mentions, and easily browse the meeting recording by speakers. Intelligent recap features are also available as a part of the Copilot for Microsoft 365 license.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Allowing participants to create Collaborative notes before and after meetings

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

This enhancement to Collaborative notes enables anyone invited to the meeting to create collaborative meeting notes and agendas both before and after the meeting. This means more collaboration, more efficiency, and an even more seamless teamwork experience.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Content camera on New Teams Desktop

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 23:30:16 Z

Support for Content camera on new Teams app experience for Windows and Mac. Content camera enables remote attendees to get a clear view of physical objects like whiteboards, printed documents, books, and more that are in a meeting room. Content camera intelligently detects, crops and frames the in-room object and shares its content with remote meeting participants. Even when a presenter moves in front of it, for example the whiteboard, remote participants will be able to see the content right through them.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Give feedback for Teams Rooms on Android

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 23:15:25 Z

The Help button includes a Give feedback option that lets users share their opinions and ideas about Teams Rooms with Microsoft. We use this feedback to improve the Teams experience. IT admins can enable or disable this feature for users and manage feedback policies using PowerShell.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Open Teams app content in multi-window stageview

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:45:00 Z

Microsoft Teams enables you to open your app content in new multi-window experiences. Unlock multi-tasking workflows for your users inside Teams. Allow them to engage with content and conversation, side-by-side.
GA date: March CY2024

OneDrive: Copilot integration with the file viewer in Microsoft 365

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 23:15:43 Z

Copilot in OneDrive will soon be available from the file viewer in Microsoft 365 for customers with a Copilot for Microsoft 365 license. Clicking on the Copilot icon in the file viewer will open the Copilot chat panel which will allow you to summarize or get information from your files in OneDrive or SharePoint.
GA date: July CY2024

SharePoint: Planned release of AI insights

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 23:15:47 Z

We are planning to provide an LLM-powered data analysis tools that admins can use to gain insights and actions.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Planner: Templates in Planner web

Fri, 06 Jan 2023 00:12:54 Z

Get started quickly by using a pre-made template to jump into your work.

GA date: March CY2023

Microsoft Project: Additional Timeline Zoom Options

Fri, 06 Jan 2023 23:10:24 Z

Four new options to the zoom feature in the Timeline view will enable you to view your long-term projects at 18 months and 2, 3, and 6 years.
GA date: March CY2023

Microsoft Project: New out-of-the-box templates

Thu, 25 May 2023 23:10:12 Z

Quickly create a project from an assortment of new out-of-the box templates including a project retrospective template, a goals template and more.

GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Task lists for each team member, recurring task lists, and top task publishing requests

Tue, 01 Aug 2023 23:12:47 Z

Task publishing allows an organization to centrally define and distribute tasks across their frontline locations and monitor how that work is going. The task publishing capability will allow users to create recurring task lists that repeat on a selected cadence, to create lists assigned to everyone in a recipient team, to require a Microsoft Forms form as a prerequisite to completion, and to designate an approval as a prerequisite to completion.
More info: https://support.microsoft.com/office/publish-task-lists-to-create-and-track-work-in-your-organization-095409b3-f5af-40aa-9f9e-339b54e705df
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: New Admin policy for enabling/disabling tenant users to join externally hosted meetings

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:05:28 Z

As an admin, you can control which meetings your org users can attend - only internally hosted meetings or externally hosted meetings as well. This can help your org to meet compliance needs and strengthen controls around Teams meetings.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Stream: Copilot in Stream

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:44:16 Z

Copilot in Stream leverages LLM (Large Language Model) AI technology to help you quickly get the insights you need from Stream (on SharePoint) videos. With Copilot in Stream you can quickly and effectively summarize any video with a transcript, or ask deep dive questions for topics you need to understand. This feature is only available for customers who have purchased the Microsoft 365 Copilot license.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Import schedule improvements in Shifts app

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:00:23 Z

Frontline managers importing a schedule from Excel into Shifts will be capable of viewing the import history of their teams. This allows them to monitor the status and outcome of their import at anytime.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft To Do: Grid view for tasks in Microsoft To Do

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:45:19 Z

Tasks can now be seen in a grid view in the web version of Microsoft To Do as well as when using To Do in other apps like Microsoft Outlook.
GA date: April CY2024

Outlook: Developers can now build Microsoft Teams apps with Outlook add-ins as extension element

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 01:00:53 Z

Developers can now build and publish Teams apps with Outlook add-ins for use by their customers. Users can acquire these Teams apps with Outlook add-in for themselves via Outlook on the web, new Outlook for Windows, and classic Outlook for Windows clients. Admins can deploy to users from Integrated Apps in Microsoft 365 Admin Center. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: April CY2024

Universal Print: Mobile print on Android phones

Thu, 09 May 2024 23:00:20 Z

Integration of Universal Print with the Microsoft 365 mobile app will enable users to add work/school printers to their Android phones. Once the printers are installed on the phone, the user can print to them from any phone app that has a print action.
GA date: December CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Chat Bubbles during Teams meetings for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android

Mon, 27 Dec 2021 23:57:30 Z

Ability to view chats sent during a Teams meeting on the front of room display in a Teams Room, calling attention to the chat conversation happening alongside the meeting.

GA date: December CY2022

Planner: Plan sharing with file container

Fri, 14 Apr 2023 22:21:16 Z

A new authorization model is implemented for Planner plans, which will be a ‘shared container-based’ authorization model, where OneDrive and SharePoint Online files can be linked to plans to provide users with access to the plan if they have access to the shared container. This means that file-based authorization for plans will provide streamlined access to roster-backed plans that are connected to one or more SharePoint Online/OneDrive files.

GA date: May CY2023

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): File reference - PDF file type support

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 23:15:16 Z

This introduces the ability for users to reference PDF files when generating content.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Enhanced OneDrive file picker

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 23:57:43 Z

Users can leverage the new UI to more easily navigate, access and pick files from OneDrive, SharePoint and Teams.

GA date: March CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Enhanced investigation and remediation experience

Mon, 22 May 2023 23:21:22 Z

Introducing enhancements to the investigation and remediation workflows to help designated investigators facilitate quicker and better-informed actions on policy matches. Enhancements will be available to designated Communication Compliance admins and investigators with the appropriate role-based access control permissions, and include bulk policy exports, interactive how-to demos, and additional context around policy settings and keywords/conditions flagged in a policy. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: July CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Enhanced investigation and remediation experience (U.S. Government clouds)

Tue, 30 May 2023 23:33:24 Z

Microsoft Teams: Automatic application updates for new Microsoft Teams Rooms Windows devices

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 00:30:10 Z

In the quest to deliver low-friction deployment and proactive management for Microsoft Teams Rooms, the Microsoft Teams Rooms for Windows app now automatically checks for, and installs, new application and Windows updates during the initial setup process, ensuring devices are protected and up to date on day one.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft 365: Mexico datacenter region and Advanced Data Residency availability

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 23:45:19 Z

Microsoft 365 will launch a new local cloud region in Mexico. The Advanced Data Residency add-on ("ADR") will be available in Mexico and provide eligible customers with committed data residency in the Mexico local cloud region, prioritized tenant migration services, and expanded coverage of Microsoft 365 workloads and Customer Data.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use Draft with Copilot in Word based on text, list, or table selection

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 01:15:47 Z

Use Draft with Copilot in Word with the on-canvas Copilot menu when a user selects text, a list, or a table, which generates new content from Copilot and provides a richer, more interactive experience.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Track usage of your frontline teams and apps in the Teams Admin Center

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

Track usage across all your frontline teams deployed via DTAS (Deploy Teams at Scale) and frontline apps like Shifts, Tasks, Walkie Talkie in the Teams Admin Center.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Zero Touch Provisioning of Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows devices

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 01:15:18 Z

Zero touch provisioning is a feature that allows you to deploy Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows devices without any physical intervention at the site. It leverages Windows Autopilot and auto-login technologies to automate the enrollment and configuration of the devices from the cloud, using the credentials stored in the Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro Management. With Zero touch provisioning, you can reduce the deployment time and cost and improve the security and compliance.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Expanded incoming call setting options for Teams Phone Mobile users

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 01:00:33 Z

Teams Phone Mobile users will now the flexibility to choose whether group calls, calls received as part of a call queue, and meeting nudges are received natively on their mobile phone or in the Teams app. This new capability enables greater flexibility and mobility and allows users to easily move these calls between their native dialer or the Teams app without interruption.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Search: Content source filters in Microsoft Search

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:15:43 Z

Users can filter results by content source in the All vertical in Microsoft Search in microsoft365.com, SharePoint Home, and Bing @ Work. This feature will be available for all tenants with multiple sources configured in Microsoft Search (such as Power BI, Viva Learning, and third-party sources indexed via Microsoft Graph Connectors).
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Survivable Branch Appliance support for call controls, auto attendants, and call queues

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 23:15:09 Z

We continue to expand our Survivable Branch Appliance (SBA) capabilities. We are adding support for call transfer, forwarding, and the ability to manage call routing settings for calls to a call queue or auto attendant, in the event of an outage. If incoming calls to a call queue or auto attendant are received during an outage, organizations will have the option to choose to redirect these calls to an alternate call queue or auto attendant or to reach a specific user within the site, ensuring that important calls are not missed.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Compliant Team Meetings

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 00:21:21 Z

Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance policies can be configured to analyze Microsoft Teams meeting transcripts for potential policy matches. Teams meeting transcripts are only generated when meeting organizers opt in to meeting recording. Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA) and business conduct violations, such as inappropriate sharing of sensitive/confidential information, adult content, and using harassing or threatening language. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. Note: We are adjusting the roadmap release phase and adding additional cloud instances to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

GA date: May CY2024
Preview date: September CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Multi-instance app customization support for Teams apps

Fri, 27 Oct 2023 22:13:23 Z

IT admin has the ability to customize Teams apps to align with the company’s brand and enhance their usefulness for employees. By creating and managing multiple customized app instances, it can improve branding, awareness, and user engagement, overcomes the limitations of a single-instance approach and enables greater adaptability to meet the diverse business needs.

GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Last used date inside Tenant Allow Block List

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 23:30:55 Z

Tenant allow block list domains & addresses, URL, and file entries will show last used date. This helps admins understand when an entry was last used (either at mailflow or time of click), helping them remove entries which are no longer needed.

GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Enable deletion of non-empty folders in SharePoint for Microsoft 365 and OneDrive for Business when under a retention policy

Thu, 02 May 2024 23:15:25 Z

With this feature, end users can delete non-empty document library folders containing many files on a site managed by a retention policy. Additionally, this feature ensures that folders covered under a Retention policy and that have been deleted don’t reappear for users who sync a document library offline using OneDrive for Business.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Click Through Collaborative Annotations Layer

Tue, 30 May 2023 23:33:27 Z

Users are now able to click through the annotation layer to interact with content in meetings without restarting the current annotation session.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights Attribute clones

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:30:02 Z

New logic allows analysts to build on or combine existing organizational attributes. For instance, a new org attribute that combines several roles that can then be used to filter results in the analysis.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Citations for Copilot in Teams meetings available on mobile

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:45:34 Z

Now available on mobile, Copilot in Teams responses have a citation number at the end of each Copilot statement that provides detail on the meeting artifact or source that Copilot used to generate the response, like the meeting transcript. Users can select the citation to see which speaker the citation is attributed to, the exact quote from the transcript, as well as the time stamp of the quote in the transcript. Selecting a reference number will open a transcript viewer that displays the source of the response.
GA date: April CY2024

Whiteboard: Sticky Note Visual Refresh

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 23:15:20 Z

This updates the visuals of the sticky note feature in Whiteboard.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints - New device properties in device onboarding page

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Added new device details to provide more insights on the device health. This includes OS build, Defender engine version, Defender Mocamp version, sensitive data activity, Advanced Classification bandwidth usage exceeded, valid user, server DLP status, and first onboarded date.
GA date: April CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Whiteboard Copilot – First run experience

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 23:15:16 Z

Copilot FRE will guide first-time users to discover and leverage the power of Whiteboard Copilot features. ?
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Ability to customize Survey and Team Conversation email communications

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 23:13:53 Z

Microsoft Viva Glint now offers the capability to customize text and macros in survey and Team Conversation email communications. Additionally, users can also customize their logos and use a custom sender domain to send out emails.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals - Add Images to Check-In Notes and Review Dashboards

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 23:30:55 Z

With this capability, users can attach images to check-in notes and dashboards in Viva Goals to better illustrate their ideas visually.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints - Enhancements to the DLP capabilities on macOS endpoints

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 23:45:26 Z

Mac DLP will have the following capabilities with these enhancements: Context Based Classification and Matched condition and short evidence for advanced classification.
GA date: May CY2024

OneNote: iOS Home Tab

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 00:06:31 Z

Quickly view all of your notes in a new grid style format.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Copilot in Teams meetings now available on mobile after the meeting

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:15:12 Z

In addition to accessing Copilot in Teams during a meeting on mobile devices (available now), you can now access Copilot in Teams and ask questions about eligible meetings after the meeting ends on mobile devices.
GA date: May CY2024

OneNote: Copilot Chat on OneNote for iPad

Fri, 17 May 2024 22:45:21 Z

OneNote Copilot on iPad is your intelligent assistant, transforming the way you interact with your notes. With simple natural language commands, Copilot helps you understand, summarize, and rewrite notes for enhanced clarity and purpose. It’s designed to work seamlessly on the iPad, offering a contextual chat experience that allows you to accomplish tasks faster than ever. Whether you’re preparing for a meeting or organizing your thoughts, OneNote Copilot on iPad is the perfect partner for boosting productivity and creativity on the go.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Reduce detection to investigation time from 24 hours to 1 hour for Viva Engage

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 22:14:07 Z

This feature will reduce the detection to investigation time to under an hour for Viva Engage private messages and community conversations, allowing your organization to respond promptly to policy violations. Note: We have updated the clouds to reflect the current state. Gov clouds will be forthcoming later during Q4 of this calendar year.
GA date: May CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance-Ability to create custom tags in Communication Compliance policies

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:00:38 Z

Communication Compliance introduces the ability to create custom tags to give Investigators the flexibility of using tags that fit their team/ organization's requirements. Leverage custom tags to leave more meaningful information for each policy match and to help other investigators understand the status of a message. Default tags will continue to be available for use.
GA date: April CY2024

Universal Print: Logs and alerts

Mon, 20 May 2024 23:15:02 Z

With a new Azure Monitor integration, Universal Print customers can send detailed diagnostic logs to a Log Analytics workspace to conduct troubleshooting and configure custom alerts.
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: January CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Archive channels

Fri, 27 Oct 2023 22:13:13 Z

With Archive Channels, owners and administrators can archive channels that are no longer in use while preserving their content, including messages, files, and tabs. The archived channel is removed from the active teams and channels list and no more actions will be allowed. If needed, the channel can be restored.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights delegate access for leaders

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 23:40:37 Z

New delegate access allows leaders to empower other individuals to view insights about their organization. Those with delegated access will be able to easily navigate to the leader's view of organizational insights.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery - Generate keyword query language from natural language prompt in eDiscovery with Copilot for Security

Tue, 21 May 2024 23:15:05 Z

Copilot for Security is embedded in eDiscovery to enable users to provide a search prompt in natural language and will translate into keyword query language to help expedite the start of an eDiscovery search.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management- Recommended actions for finetuning policies

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:18:10 Z

We are introducing additional recommended actions to provide guidance on fine-tuning your insider risk policies and implementing advanced configurations. These new tasks and journeys will be accessible through the Recommended Actions page. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. Note: We have updated this Roadmap to reflect the current status. We apologize for any inconveniences.
GA date: May CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Protect your most sensitive content with double key encryption

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 22:15:32 Z

Double Key Encryption (DKE) provides organizations with a second encryption key for your most sensitive content.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/double-key-encryption
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Cloud IntelliFrame for Teams Meeting Rooms on Windows

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:15:54 Z

Cloud IntelliFrame makes non-AI cameras smarter. With Cloud IntelliFrame, participants in the room appear similar to remote attendees, creating an immersive and engaging experience for everyone. Whether working from home or in the office, participants are able to see every facial expression and cue, just as if they were there in person. This feature is available only with the Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro license.

GA date: August CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Video clip in channel

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:30:00 Z

You can now use Teams video clip in channel, in addition to chat. Record yourself, your screen, or an audio-only clip and attach the video clip to your channel post or reply.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Walkie Talkie – Integrating Apple's Push to Talk framework on iOS

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:30:49 Z

Teams Walkie-Talkie on iOS will be integrated with Apple's Push-to-Talk (PTT) framework to enhance communication and convenience of transmitting audio from anywhere on their phone, even when Teams is not in the foreground. It enables audio transmission directly from the lock screen and comes with background runtime optimization for optimal performance while conserving battery life.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Remote Help for Mac

Thu, 06 Jul 2023 00:15:57 Z

Provide view-only remote assistance for Mac devices.

GA date: October CY2023
Preview date: September CY2023

Microsoft Intune: Support-approved elevation for Endpoint Privilege Management

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Enables elevation requests requested by an end user and approved by the support team
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Remote Help for Windows and Android (GCC)

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:15:43 Z

GCC customers can now use Remote Help on Windows and Android devices.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Remote Help for Mac - Full control

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:26:48 Z

Provide full control on Mac devices to reduce time to mitigation.

GA date: April CY2024

Planner: New Microsoft Planner App for Teams

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:27:06 Z

The new Microsoft Planner app in Teams is a single, unified work management experience. Assisted by AI, it brings together the simplicity of To Do, the collaboration of Planner and the power of Project into a single and simple solution, that offers individual task management, collaborative work management as well as enterprise work management. Note: The clouds have been updated to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
GA date: March CY2024

Planner: Open and Edit Projects in Planner

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:27:10 Z

Manage your projects along with plans and to-do lists in one simple, familiar experience within the Planner Teams app.
GA date: April CY2024

Planner: Create personal plans in Planner

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:27:14 Z

Create personal plans in the new Planner app for Teams. For these types of plans, the creator of the plan is the only member and owner.

GA date: April CY2024

Planner: Auto population of due tasks in My Day

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:27:16 Z

In the Planner Teams app, your tasks will automatically appear in My Day on their due dates. This will help you stay on top of your priorities and stay organized throughout the day.
GA date: April CY2024

Planner: Manage all your tasks in My Tasks

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:27:18 Z

My Tasks within the Planner Teams app shows your tasks across plans, projects, to-do lists and flagged emails so you can quickly triage and track all the work on your plate.
GA date: April CY2024

Planner: Access all your plans, projects and to do lists in My Plans

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:27:20 Z

My Plans within the Planner app in Teams brings together all of your plans, projects and to do lists to help you easily discover and find all your work.

GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Updated submission results

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:15:54 Z

Administrators and security operators will see updated results from submissions. These updates remove any confusion they might have with the current submission result.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Language selection for users

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Users can select their preferred language within the Viva learning Setting Menu, independent of Teams or Browser language. Preferred language will be persisted across all Viva Learning Surfaces.

GA date: April CY2024

SharePoint: Microsoft Lists- A new forms experience to collect information

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:19:45 Z

We are making it easier to collect information with an updated forms experience for Microsoft Lists. Forms look clean, are easy to design, can be easily shared, and respondents are able to fill them out on any device. All form responses appear immediately in your list after recipient clicks the submit button.

GA date: March CY2024

Outlook: Conditional Formatting in New Outlook for Windows and Web

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:22:15 Z

Conditional formatting is a feature to make messages that meet defined conditions stand out in the message list by using different font colors. The users can specify conditions that an incoming message should meet, such as a sender’s name or email address. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: March CY2024

OneDrive: Media node in OneDrive for Web

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 02:15:52 Z

We're adding a Media node to the left nav of OneDrive for Web which will allow commercial customers to easily find all the photo and video content stored in their OneDrive in a single view.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Settings page for Viva Engage Communities

Tue, 28 May 2024 23:30:14 Z

Viva Engage Communities Settings are migrating from a modal to a page. Feature-level settings to configure and activate community features will continue to be released on this settings page, allowing for more customization in communities.
GA date: June CY2024

SharePoint: Microsoft Lists - Rules packaged into custom List templates

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 16:46:36 Z

Expand your custom organizational templates by packaging rules into them - alongside the ability to pre-program the list schema (columns), formatting, and more.
GA date: February CY2023

Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps: Behaviors

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 23:36:05 Z

A new data type in Microsoft 365 Defender Advanced Hunting. Behaviors will optimize the alerts queue by enabling security teams to focus on the most relevant alerts in their environment. They will indicate what took place in a descriptive form, attached to the MITRE tactics and techniques that are common measure most organizations follow and test their coverage against. This new data type which sits between the raw data and alert, will enable your security teams to prioritize critical alerts in your environment without having to compromise contextual information provided in a behavior that may be important to an investigation. The behaviors data will also enrich the context of related incidents and only correlate anomalies when relevant. Within Defender for Cloud Apps, we have identified some detections that are better suited as behaviors, and we are transforming them to the new data type to reflect it that can be retrieved via advanced hunting.
GA date: May CY2024
Preview date: May CY2023

Whiteboard: Connectors (Line Anchoring)

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:16:09 Z

This feature will provide the ability to create more effective flowcharts and diagrams by allowing you to anchor lines between different shapes, making them move and reroute along with connected shapes.

GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Intune: New version of the Windows hardware attestation report

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:27:24 Z

New organizational report that contains information on hardware-attested compliance settings, replacing the Windows health attestation monitor.

GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: January CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Priva Privacy Management – Multicloud environments

Thu, 30 May 2024 23:30:03 Z

Microsoft Priva Privacy Risk Management extends its overexposure policies into data contained in Azure SQL, Azure Data Lake Storage, and Amazon S3. Organizations can create privacy policies that specify which data sources, databases, or storage buckets are in scope and Priva will automatically notify data asset owners when matches are detected.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: June CY2024

Microsoft 365 app: Loop generates a workspace after your Teams meeting

Fri, 31 May 2024 22:30:03 Z

A workspace is jumpstarted and actively updated as new materials are shared in Teams to enable ongoing collaboration within Loop.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Advanced Analytics - Battery health

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:26:39 Z

Allows IT admins to make asset management decisions that optimize hardware costs and improve the end-user experience/productivity while using their devices.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Save meeting content with collaborative annotations as a Whiteboard

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:15:09 Z

Collaborative annotations, available now, enable meeting participants with the Presenter role to enable annotations after sharing their screen. This allows everyone in the meeting to draw, add a note, react, highlight text, and more to share their thoughts right on the content, live with everyone else. Now, participants sharing their screen will have the ability to save content with collaborative annotations as a Whiteboard, enabling all meeting participants to revisit this content and continue collaborating after the meeting.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: The new Microsoft Teams app

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 21:09:02 Z

The new Teams has been reimagined from the ground up, delivering up to two times faster performance while using 50 percent less memory. It enables users to collaborate with people across organizational boundaries by seamlessly using Teams across multiple tenants or accounts. Note: We are updating the roadmap Environments and Platforms to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Note: We have reverted the release phase to show the current state. Thank you for your patience.

GA date: September CY2023

Microsoft Intune: Bitlocker end user key retrieval

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 23:10:26 Z

As an end user, you can view the BitLocker recovery key for devices which you are the owner using the Company Portal website.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights leader deep-dive reports focus on customers, business operations and agility

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:29:57 Z

There will be a new report for leaders in Viva Insights app in Teams tied to business outcomes. Leaders can view a bundle of relevant metrics and suggested actions. Leaders can further drill down by customizing the filters such as time periods, benchmarks, scopes, view insights breakdown by groups within their organization, and more.

GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Control your mic state during meetings from Windows taskbar available in the new Teams on Windows

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:11:35 Z

This feature, available in the new Teams experience on Windows, enables you to mute and unmute your audio by clicking the mic icon in Windows taskbar. To control your mic during the meeting from the taskbar, do the following: select the mic icon on your taskbar or press Windows logo key + Alt + K to mute or unmute.

GA date: June CY2024

OneDrive: Updates to file viewer

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:00:38 Z

The OneDrive file viewer offers a quick and easy way to view your files in OneDrive, Teams, and SharePoint, across all your devices. OneDrive is enhancing the user interface and design of the file viewer to make it more useful and intuitive. We are adding a new toolbar, new panes, and collaboration features. Additionally, the file viewer will open files up to 50% faster once these updates launch.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Project: Assigned to Me view for Project tasks

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 01:00:53 Z

View and update (i.e. mark as complete and progress) all the tasks assigned to you across projects in one place, with the Assigned to Me view. This view appears in the app of the user’s choice—Microsoft Planner, Tasks app in Teams, or Microsoft To Do.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Copilot deployment kits in Viva Amplify

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 23:30:14 Z

Prepare for and launch Copilot in your organization using our new deployment kit in Viva Amplify. This is a set of pre-written and formatted publications that will educate users on how to use Copilot, all of the M365 endpoints, and develop their AI skills. This is a tested set of communications that the Microsoft team used internally to ensure the right messages are reaching your end users and preparing them for Copilot.
GA date: June CY2024

Outlook: Pick a local folder for saving attachments

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 07:00:00 Z

Users are now able to pick a folder when saving an attachment in the new Outlook for Windows. This feature was rolled back to address some critical user feedback; we apologize for any inconvenience.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Ability to duplicate an existing webinar for simplified event creation

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:15:03 Z

Organizers can schedule a new webinar by duplicating information from an existing scheduled one. This includes duplicating information such as details, presenters, theming, and more. The organizer can also edit and update the information as needed for the new event.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Ability to duplicate an existing town hall for simplified event creation

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 23:45:56 Z

Organizers can schedule a new town hall by duplicating information from an existing scheduled one. This includes duplicating information such as details, presenters, theming, and more. The organizer can also edit and update the information as needed for the new event.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Connected actions - Viva Pulse integration into Viva Insights Leader deep dive reports

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:30:38 Z

Leaders can send Viva Pulse surveys tailored to new out-of-the-box reports from the Viva Insights app in Microsoft Teams at anytime to add additional context to workplace metrics.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: 4K display UI scaling for Teams Rooms on Windows

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 23:15:25 Z

4K-enabled displays, including front of room displays and touch boards, are natively supported on the Teams Rooms experience. Additional disclosure: 4K video is not supported.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Join meetings with a QR code on Teams Rooms on Windows using Teams mobile

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 02:15:52 Z

Users can quickly join a meeting from a Teams Room even without forwarding the invite to the room calendar by scanning a QR code using their native mobile camera. The user will then enter the Teams mobile companion mode experience on their mobile. The QR code is found on the Teams Room home screen and can also be scanned to start an ad-hoc meeting or cast content from their mobile to the Teams Room display. If the user does not have the Teams mobile app, they will be directed to download it after scanning the QR code. IT admins can control the QR code feature in the device settings and the Teams admin center. This feature supports cross-tenant meetings when the organization settings and user policies allow it.
GA date: April CY2024

Outlook: Open a Teams Meeting chat

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:45:34 Z

For meetings that are created as Teams Meetings, users now have the option to open the Teams Meeting chat directly from the meeting event on their Outlook mobile calendar. Selecting that option will open the chat in Teams or tell the user to get the Teams app.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Search: Coherent Workplace Search experience across Microsoft Search in Bing, SharePoint and Office.com

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 23:16:59 Z

Users see the same search results no matter where they are across Microsoft Search in Bing, SharePoint and Office.com in all native verticals (All, Files, Sites, Images, Messages, People)
GA date: March CY2023

Microsoft Stream: New “Add to playlist” functionality

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 23:10:28 Z

We are updating the functionality of the “Add to playlist” feature in Stream. Soon you will be able to add a video to playlists stored in SharePoint sites while viewing the video in the Stream web app. To add a video to a playlist in a SharePoint site you must be a member or owner of the site.

GA date: August CY2023

OneDrive: Navigation updates in OneDrive for Web

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 21:09:12 Z

OneDrive for Web will soon support the ability to expand or collapse the left navigation bar. Additionally, OneDrive will have a new command, in the form of a button labeled “+ Add new”, for creating new content and uploading files/folders. This command will be available across Home, My Files, Shared, Favorites, Recycle bin, and all Shared libraries in the Quick Access section. Note: upload functionality will be accessed via the “+ Add new” command.

GA date: July CY2023

OneDrive: Color and font changes in OneDrive for Web

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 21:09:14 Z

We are introducing minor color, font, and icon changes to user interface on OneDrive for Web.

GA date: July CY2023

Microsoft Stream: Add video to existing playlist

Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:27:52 Z

Soon you will be able to search for existing playlists when you add a video to a playlist from Stream web app.

GA date: August CY2023

Microsoft Stream: Insert and playback videos in Word and PowerPoint

Wed, 26 Jul 2023 23:13:07 Z

This feature allows customers to insert Stream (on SharePoint) videos into PowerPoint and Word using the existing "Insert Online Video" feature in those apps. Video playback happens inline within Word and PowerPoint with enhanced playback features such as transcripts, captions, search, chapters, and playback speed controls. Stream (on SharePoint) videos are videos stored in a user's OneDrive Business account or in SharePoint. Note: Video insertion will be available on desktop client and web, but not on mobile. Video playback will be available on desktop client, web and mobile. PowerPoint for Mac is supported; however, Word for Mac is not supported.

GA date: August CY2023

Microsoft Teams: In-app Teams devices store experience

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:43:59 Z

With the Teams device store experience inside the Teams app, customers can easily discover and purchase certified Teams devices for personal or shared use cases – headsets, web cameras, desk phones, Teams Rooms, and more. Explore devices in categories, use search or filters to find desired device, and purchase all through the familiar Microsoft Teams interface. We are introducing a new experience for small businesses to purchase devices directly within Teams, businesses in the US and Canada will now be able to complete their purchase without leaving the app.

GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Meeting Chat shown by default in Gallery View for Teams Rooms on Windows

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:45:52 Z

Meeting Chat is now shown by default when joining a Teams meeting with Teams Rooms on Windows in Gallery View, making it easier to see incoming chat messages on the front of room display. IT Admins can configure the default chat experience for a room, and users can make in-meeting changes to show or hide the chat using the touch console.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Teachers can (manually) update parent data in Parent App

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 23:10:48 Z

Allow teachers to add and edit existing parent data inside the Parent app. This request to update parent information can be directly made by teachers inside the Parent app. Once the request is raised, it needs an admin approval before updating the parent information in the app.
GA date: May CY2024

Visio: Containers in Visio for the web [Visio Plan 1, Plan 2]

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 23:20:58 Z

Containers are a powerful tool for organizing and managing complex diagrams. Users with a Visio Plan 1 or Visio Plan 2 license will be able to use containers in Visio for the web to create professional-looking diagrams that are easy to understand and navigate.

GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Preset Organizational Backgrounds (Premium)

Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:30:21 Z

When enabled, a user will have a preset background defined by the IT admin without the ability to change the background.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Shared call history for delegates and delegators

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:45:34 Z

We're continuing to provide a more tailored call delegation experience. Call delegators and delegates will now be able to see shared call history records for the shared line.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Live Share support for Chat, Channel, and Collaborative Stageview tab applications

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 23:15:20 Z

Microsoft Teams applications that use Live Share for building real-time collaborative experiences – previously limited to Meeting Stage and Side Panel tabs – will be able to extend to Chat, Channel, and Collaborative Stageview tabs on desktop and web. Live Share enables collaborative features such as co-watching, co-creating, and co-editing content in real time. All applications enabled in your tenant using the existing Live Share permission will be eligible for this feature.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Copilot in Viva Engage

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 23:43:57 Z

Viva Engage Copilot leverages LLM (Large Language Model) AI technology to provide you with personalized assistance to create engaging communications that support your professional goals.

GA date: April CY2024
Preview date: January CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Manage Graph providers in Admin tab

Fri, 10 May 2024 22:15:43 Z

This feature will enable admins to manage graph providers in Admin tab such as adding permission, deleting providers
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention- Enriched Data Loss Prevention Alert Email Notifications for DLP Admins

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:30:11 Z

There is now increased information in the alert email notification sent to the Data Loss Prevention (DLP) admin upon a DLP policy match. Previously a DLP alert email only included the user activity and the type of sensitive information matched in the alert. Now, DLP admins will get additional context such as alert ID, policy details, device details, and more. This will help admins quickly assess the priority of an alert and determine the next steps before navigating to the Microsoft Purview DLP alerts page or Microsoft 365 Defender DLP alerts page.
GA date: April CY2024
Preview date: December CY2023

Outlook: Choose how many days of emails sync to your device for offline usage

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:07:16 Z

With the new sync window, you can choose how many days' worth of emails and attachments you want to download to your device so you can always access them even while offline.

GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Admin setting for uploading files using drag-drop

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 23:45:56 Z

Admin will be able to control the default content app for local files uploaded using drag-drop in chat and channels. OneDrive / SharePoint are the existing default locations for uploads using drag-drop.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Enriched Data Loss Prevention Alert Email Notifications for DLP Admins

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 00:30:40 Z

Microsoft Viva: Manage spotlight settings in Viva Connections

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 23:15:00 Z

Elevate your Connections experience with more control over what appears in the spotlight section. Operators will have the ability to pin items, including hyperlinks from any source, onto the spotlight section and select SharePoint sites as additional content sources to dynamically populate the spotlight section.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft 365: Information Barriers (IB) upgrading from IB v1 to IB v2 with new capabilities

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:44:51 Z

Information Barriers (IB) V2 brings new capabilities including larger segment scale support, multi-segment support, and flexible people discoverability etc. Existing IB v1 tenants require an upgrade to IB v2 to take advantage of these new capabilities. This roadmap item is intended only for all IB v1 customers. All other customers will get IB v2 capabilities when they enable IB in their tenants.

GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: January CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Exchange Auto-labeling supports non-mail enabled security groups

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:44:07 Z

Service side auto-labeling now supports scoping of exchange auto-labeling to non-mail enabled security groups.
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Ability to change language on Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 01:15:18 Z

Users can change the default app language on Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows by tapping "More" and then "Language" on the room console. Admins can select up to three languages that users can pick from in the room.
GA date: April CY2024

SharePoint: Microsoft 365 Archive for Sites

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:26:43 Z

The feature enables you to save on costs of storage exceeding the quota limit by archiving the inactive sites in SharePoint. The status has been adjusted to correctly reflect the current status of this feature. We apologize for any confusion.
GA date: April CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

Microsoft Project: Baseline with Project level variance

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:06:23 Z

Record a snapshot of the project and view project level variance to know if the project is on track or delayed.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: new Teams is now part of Teams Rooms on Windows

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 23:15:25 Z

The new Teams app is now supported on Teams Rooms on Windows, allowing all Teams Rooms devices to optimize room experience and render intelligent audio and video more reliably.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Search relevance improvements

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 23:13:57 Z

Improvements to relevancy of search results in Viva Learning including attribute boosting, spell correction, exact match, and personalized results based on interests.

GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop - Workspace Links

Thu, 09 May 2024 23:00:20 Z

Quickly request access to a workspace by clicking on a Workspace Link.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Updated teams and channels onboarding flow

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 23:15:22 Z

When added to a new team, users can see which channels the team owner recommended, and select to show only the channels that are relevant to them.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Customization and preview of email notifications

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:45:01 Z

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention end-user email notification is getting advanced customization options: 1. Extensive Token Support which provides precise details to end users using the expanded token library. 2. DLP Exchange rule matched email attachment control to choose to include/exclude matched email as an attachment in end-user notifications. 3. Tailored Email Content to customize the sender display name and email body using HTML, markdown, or plain text. 4. Ability to preview the email notification to ensure it meets your requirements.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Adaptive Scopes operator support

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 23:30:43 Z

Microsoft Purview adaptive scopes will be enhanced to include query support for "contains" and "not contains". For more information on adaptive scopes, see the link below.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/purview-adaptive-scopes
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Meeting organizers can manage who can record and transcribe meetings (Premium)

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:45:19 Z

We are expanding the existing ‘Who can record’ control for meeting organizers to include transcription. With this change, meeting organizers with eligible licenses will see a control called ‘Who can record and transcribe’ in the meeting options, which allows meeting organizers to select from three options: (1) organizers and co-organizers, (2) organizers, co-organizers, and presenters, or (3) No one. This way meeting organizers will be able to manage which roles can initiate recording and transcription for a meeting. This functionality will be available to Teams Premium and Copilot for M365 licensed users.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft 365: Spain datacenter region and Advanced Data Residency availability

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:06:31 Z

Microsoft 365 will launch a new local cloud region in Spain. The Advanced Data Residency add-on ("ADR") will be available in Spain and provide eligible customers with committed data residency in the Spain local cloud region, prioritized tenant migration services, and expanded coverage of Microsoft 365 workloads and Customer Data.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Tenant-wide policy for permission to download meeting transcripts and user-level controls for who can view and edit meeting transcripts

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 23:15:22 Z

Introducing a new control for IT administrators to restrict permissions for the download of meeting transcript files (stored in OneDrive for Business) for any users within the tenant. This policy applies to new meeting transcripts across the entire organization. Administrators can exempt people who are members of specified security groups from the policy. This allows admins to specify governance or compliance specialists who should have download access to meeting transcripts. Note: We have updated the description to provide greater clarity.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Improvements to the view, download, and delete experience of Teams meeting transcript files

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 01:00:27 Z

We are streamlining the storage of meeting transcript files. Starting with this feature, all meeting transcript entry points in Teams app will point to the OneDrive for Business copy only. The rollout of this feature also improves the delete experience of the transcript for meeting organizers. Now, when a meeting organizer or co-organizer deletes the transcript in Microsoft Teams app, this will delete both copies of the transcript (from OneDrive for Business and Exchange Online) at the same time. If the meeting organizer deletes the transcript from Stream, only the copy in OneDrive for Business will be deleted. We also update the default permissions so that meeting organizer and co-organizers will have permission to download or delete the transcript file, while meeting participants can only view the transcript in Teams app or Stream. In addition, the recording/transcript file owner will be able to select in Stream which participants are restricted from downloading, viewing, and editing the transcript. At the same time, meeting transcripts will stop saving in Exchange Online altogether and all transcript storage will be standardized on OneDrive for Business. Note: We have updated the description to provide greater clarity.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Enhanced Incident Communication with DLP Email Templates

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:30:11 Z

You can now elevate your DLP incident management with the power of customizable email templates designed to send email messages to your stakeholders when an event is generated for DLP Policy match. With dynamic variables and tokens at your disposal, you can effortlessly create and maintain email templates, ensuring consistency and efficiency in your communications, along with a documented audit trail. You can utilize these email templates to: inform end users about incidents, their severity, or the analyst's recommendations; stay on top of remediation efforts by sending follow-up notifications to end users with due dates; keep analysts informed about incident updates and assignments; trigger escalation notifications to managers or other custom targets; notify approvers of pending items with ease; and many more similar scenarios.

GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft 365 admin center: Organizational messages

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 23:15:26 Z

Organizational messages allows enterprises to connect with their organization through customized messages, enabling them to engage directly within the Microsoft product experiences they use every day, like Windows Spotlight. Starting Spring 2024, Organizational messages will be found under the “Reports” section within the Microsoft 365 admin center and will include features for admins to centrally manage their tenant’s messages, create new messages, and review delivery reports.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: File Image preview in chats and channels

Tue, 07 May 2024 23:30:56 Z

When you share documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF) in chat or channel conversation, you can see a thumbnail image of the file in the thread. This lets you preview the file’s content without opening it and find the file you need quickly.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Meeting Recap for scheduled channel meetings (Premium)

Wed, 29 Nov 2023 00:04:01 Z

Intelligent recap is now available for scheduled channel meetings, so users can easily browse the meeting recording by speakers and topics, as well as access AI-generated meeting notes, AI-generated tasks, and name mentions. Intelligent recap features are also available as a part of the Copilot for Microsoft 365 license.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Admins can block top level domain addresses within Tenant Allow/Block List

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 23:30:14 Z

Admins can block top level domain addresses within Tenant Allow/Block List.
GA date: May CY2024

PowerPoint: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Copilot can create presentations from a PDF file

Wed, 29 May 2024 23:15:03 Z

Copilot in PowerPoint will now be able to support automatically generating a presentation based on a PDF file. This is in addition to the existing support for automatically generating a presentation based on a Word document.
GA date: June CY2024

Outlook: Contact lists

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 00:39:23 Z

The new Outlook for Mac is adding support for Contact lists (aka Personal Distribution Lists).

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection – Configure display colors for sensitivity labels (U.S. Government clouds)

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 23:15:57 Z

This feature will simplify the policy management experience by enabling administrators to set a label color in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal for their sensitivity labels. Once applied, labels will display this coloring within first-party and third-party applications that support reading the color property, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (Win32 native apps), or Power BI.
GA date: May CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Request to join a shared channel via channel link

Mon, 06 May 2024 23:45:36 Z

Users who attempt to access a shared channel via a link can request to join the channel. Channel owners will receive the join request and can decide to approve or deny request.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Justification text integration on web for Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 02:13:30 Z

Capturing justification text and showing this in Activity Explorer as a part of the label downgrade scenario.
GA date: November CY2023
Preview date: September CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Justification text integration on web for Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 02:13:33 Z

Capturing justification text and showing this in Activity Explorer as a part of the label downgrade scenario.
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Content type for Teams meetings in Activity Explorer

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 02:13:36 Z

Adding Teams meeting content type to Activity Explorer.
GA date: November CY2023
Preview date: September CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Content type for Teams meetings in Activity Explorer

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 02:13:39 Z

Adding Teams meeting content type to Activity Explorer.
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - File archiving as obfuscation

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:11:27 Z

Admins can configure policies and leverage sequence detection to detect file archiving actions taken by users that potentially obfuscate their data exfiltration activities. This can provide greater visibility into a series of connected activities that might be performed to evade detection of data exfiltration that could lead to a security incident. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: December CY2023
Preview date: February CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Forensic evidence (U.S. Government clouds)

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 23:10:04 Z

The forensic evidence capability is an opt-in add-in to Insider Risk Management, helping customers’ security teams get visual insights into potentially risky user actions that might lead to a data security incident. Forensic evidence is off by default and policy creation requires dual authorization. Customers determine what triggers the feature and manage investigation processes. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. Note: The roadmap item was inadvertently marked rolling out and has now been updated to reflect the current release phase. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - Schedule a Viva Pulse request to be resent

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 23:11:52 Z

Schedule and resend pulses to get periodic feedback from your team members.

GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management- Enhancements to the unusual activity booster detection

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:30:03 Z

Today, admins can enable the risk score booster “Activity is above user’s usual activity for that day.” With this update, the model to detect unusual activity will be enhanced to improve the ability to detect when a user’s activity is unusual compared with their historical norms. If an admin has opted-in to the “Activity is above user’s usual activity for that day” risk score booster in settings, the organization might see fewer activities with the risk score booster. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - File archiving as obfuscation

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:06:36 Z

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use a URL to reference supported files in Copilot in Word

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 23:15:13 Z

Users can copy and paste a link of a supported file into the Draft with Copilot UI as a reference instead of searching for it in the file reference menu.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Connections Administration in Microsoft Admin Center

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 00:15:02 Z

Centralized IT administration of Viva Connections experiences along with home sites within the Microsoft Viva admin experience in Microsoft 365 admin center.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Regional announcements for FLW users in Viva Connections

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Create and share time sensitive messages in Viva Connections and target your FLW users based on attributes including job, description and title. You can view these announcements on Viva Connections desktop, mobile and tablet.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints - Remove export limit in Device Onboarding page

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Ability to export all from the device onboarding page without page limits.
GA date: April CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights - Meeting cost and quality insights

Thu, 02 May 2024 23:15:25 Z

Leaders will have a new report showing how their team invests time in meetings and opportunities to review meetings to reclaim time. Individuals will have improved meeting review insights in the Viva Insights app and new in-line nudges in Outlook to encourage them to be thoughtful when creating new high-cost meetings.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance – User scoping role-based access control (RBAC)

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 23:45:08 Z

Delegate management and remediation authority for different people in different regions or organization units with role-based access control (RBAC).For example,– German investigators should be able to investigate messages for only German users; German administrators can only create/manage policies for only German users. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin.
GA date: April CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Workflows in Chat

Thu, 19 Oct 2023 23:13:35 Z

Users will be able to configure workflows within their Teams chats. Available only in the new Microsoft Teams experience.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Edge: Enterprise secure AI controls in the Microsoft Edge management service in the Microsoft 365 admin center

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:27:05 Z

Enterprise secure AI controls are now available in the Microsoft Edge management service. This feature provides a new dedicated space for admins to manage all AI-related policies in the Edge browser. This will help enhance security and productivity for managed users and devices.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-management-service#manage-enterprise-secure-ai-settings
GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel support for complex formula columns from multiple tables

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 23:15:58 Z

Utilize complex formulas such as XLOOKUP and SUMIF to create formula columns bringing together data from multiple tables.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Excel Copilot supports generating multiple formula columns from a single prompt

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 23:15:26 Z

Users can ask Copilot to generate multiple formula columns suggestions at once, from a single prompt, such as "split the name into first name and last name."
GA date: April CY2024

Word: Open PDF document in Word iOS

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:15:25 Z

Open PDF documents in Word iOS and convert PDF documents to Word documents for rich editing.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights Hybrid Workplace Report

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:15:25 Z

The new Viva Insights Hybrid workplace report helps leaders understand the experience of hybrid, remote, and onsite employees at their companies. The report identifies when and how employees are working in a hybrid work environment, and how the employee experience might differ depending on whether an employee works onsite, remote, or hybrid. The report is available in the Insights Teams app or Insights web app for leaders in organizations that have hybrid workplace data available.
GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Surface existing non-Microsoft DLP policies with the migration assistant

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 00:19:08 Z

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention migration assistant helps you transfer your non-Microsoft existing DLP policies to the Microsoft Purview DLP with minimal effort. This tool will automatically detect your policy configurations and create equivalent policies in the Microsoft Purview DLP environment. The v1 of the tool supports conversion of Symantec DLP policies only.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Scope the administration of retention and retention label policies (U.S. government clouds)

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:22:17 Z

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Ability to change retention period on labels set to start retention based on “When items were labeled”

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 23:21:10 Z

GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - New default retention for Audit (Standard)

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 23:17:14 Z

The default retention period for Microsoft Purview Audit (Standard) will change from 90 days to 180 days. The default retention period for Audit (Premium) remains at 1 year.
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - Customized Retention Policies: Long-Term Retention

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Releasing several new long-term retention policies as part of the 10-year Audit Log Retention add-on SKU. These include 3 years, 5 years, and 7 years. These are available for customers with the 10-Year retention license.
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Enable associated SharePoint sites to be excluded from retention policies after deletion of Modern Group

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:15:43 Z

If a modern M365 group is deleted, the associated SharePoint has a retention policy, a file with a retention label, or a legal hold, it remains active but orphaned. These sites cannot be excluded from the retention policy after the deletion of the group because of designed modern group scope. The site-level holds are applied when a group is added to a retention policy and the Tenant-level holds are applied when the complete modern group workload is added to a retention policy. Currently, to remove such a hold, the customer has to raise an escalation. With the rollout of this feature, users will be able to exclude the orphaned SPO site from both site-level holds and tenant-level holds as a self-service.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Dynamic watermarking for files protected with sensitivity labels

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 23:15:54 Z

Dynamic watermarking is a new sensitivity label setting that overlays watermark text containing the consuming user’s information on content in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview | Audit: Granular scoping with role-based access control (RBAC)

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 23:13:03 Z

IT departments in large organizations are built in a way that some of the day-to-day tasks are delegated to specific people or roles in the organization following the industry standard of least privilege access. Admins have a need to delegate role-based permissions to users or analysts in a granular way. In some cases, this delegation is based on function, and in other cases it is based on geography or scope of work. In this release, Audit will provide role-based information with Audit search results through the UI.
GA date: September CY2023
Preview date: June CY2023

Outlook: New context menu experience in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:30:38 Z

We're thrilled to bring you an enhanced folder creation experience! In this update, we've introduced a more intuitive way to manage your folders and accounts. Starting soon, the creation links will be removed, streamlining your interface for a cleaner and more efficient workspace. What's New: A new ellipsis icon will appear in your left nav bar when hovering the folders and accounts for a quick and easy way to create folders, subfolders or execute the existing folder and account actions ensuring a smoother workflow. As part of this update, we'll be removing creation links to provide a more focused and user-friendly experience. Rest assured, the traditional right-click method will still be available for your convenience. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Intelligent message translation in chats

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:30:49 Z

When you get a message in a different language, you will see translation suggested to help you understand it better. In the settings, you can select which languages you don't want to translate, and whether to translate messages automatically.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Voice isolation

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:26:33 Z

With Voice isolation, you can enjoy clear and uninterrupted calls or meetings, no matter where you are. This feature uses AI to filter out all background noise, including other people's voices. By leveraging your voice profile, this advanced noise suppression capability ensures only the user’s voice is transmitted. Whether you are in a busy office, a noisy cafe, or a crowded airport, you can communicate with confidence and clarity. Voice isolation is powered by our advanced deep learning, speech services, and audio processing technology, and it shows our dedication to solving user problems with AI and enhancing audio quality and experience.

GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Meeting Recap for transcript-only meetings (Premium)

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 23:06:50 Z

Intelligent recap will support meetings with only transcript enabled, and without recording enabled. In the case when only transcript is enabled for a meeting, the features from intelligent recap that users can access are AI-generated meeting notes, AI-generated tasks, and name mentions. Intelligent recap features are also available as a part of the Copilot for Microsoft 365 license.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Meeting ID and passcode to join Teams Rooms on Android

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:45:41 Z

IT Admins can configure and require a meeting ID and passcode to join a meeting on Teams Rooms on Android to ensure a level of security and privacy. This feature is only available with the Teams Rooms Pro license.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Data residency commitments

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 01:00:53 Z

New commitments covering stored content of interactions with Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 will be added to existing data residency commitments for Microsoft 365. The commitments will be available for worldwide standard multi-tenant customers through Microsoft Product Terms and data residency product offerings, including the Advanced Data Residency (“ADR”) and Multi-Geo Capabilities add-ons.
GA date: March CY2024

Outlook: RSVP improvements in event context menu in new Outlook for Windows and web

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:45:13 Z

Changes to the event's right-click context menu will make it easier to respond to meeting invitations from the Calendar surface. All RSVP options will be on the first level of the menu. There will be also separate options to respond to either all events in the series or just the current instance. This update will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web. #newOutlookforWindows
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Closed captioning support in Teams Walkie Talkie

Fri, 17 May 2024 16:30:48 Z

Walkie Talkie users can now view captions on the walkie talkie home screen, for transmissions being received.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Purview Information Protection Tracking and Revocation - File Registration

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 23:22:52 Z

When a sensitivity label is used to encrypt an Office file, it is automatically registered for tracking, and previously label-protected Office files are registered the next time they are opened in an updated client. This only applies to local files. Compliance administrators can track and revoke access to registered Office files.
GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Meeting recap and meeting artifacts automatically shared in chat after meeting

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:45:19 Z

Shortly after a meeting ends, meeting participants will automatically get a set of all the artifacts from the meeting in the meeting chat. Included in this set is a quick entry point to the meeting recap page, the transcript, the recording, Collaborative notes, any files that were shared, a link to any Whiteboard that was used, and the meeting details like date and time of the meeting event. For users with access to intelligent recap, in addition to the entry point to intelligent recap, users will also see highlights like number of speakers, number of name mentions, and suggested tasks.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Forms Smart Reminder to gain higher engagement from audience

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:45:13 Z

Copilot smart reminder will monitor and proactively share engagement and submission status to a form's owner in order to suggest follow-up actions. For example, if engagement is low, forms owners can leverage Copilot to send reminders for forms or quizzes quickly. Also, Copilot smart reminder can remind owners to check the insights when there are sufficient responses to make decisions.
GA date: June CY2024

Outlook: Pin favorites at the top in the New Outlook for Windows and Web

Fri, 21 Jun 2024 22:15:08 Z

Easily access your most-used folders by pinning them at the top of your Left Nav Bar in the New Outlook for Windows and Web. This feature streamlines navigation, ensuring your important folders are always within reach. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

Outlook: Admin apps pinned by default in Mail Compose and Read

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:05:35 Z

When an app is deployed in Integrated Apps (Get Apps & Upload Custom LOB apps) in the Microsoft Admin Center, it will be available in Outlook on the web in Read Message Actions and Compose Ribbon.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Support multitenancy organization via cross tenant sync

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:15:43 Z

Enables one instance of Viva Glint to be used by employees in multiple M365 tenants
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal : Insider Risk Management – Quick Policies enhancements

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 23:16:17 Z

Enhancements to Insider Risk Management quick policies onboarding experience will enable administrators to create a policy with a new one-step process. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/insider-risk-management?view=o365-worldwide
GA date: May CY2023

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Restricted SharePoint Search

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 00:30:10 Z

Restricted SharePoint Search (RSS) is a setting that will allow Global/Tenant and SharePoint Admins to disable organization-wide search and select a set of curated SharePoint sites. These selected sites, along with the users’ OneDrive files and content, will then become accessible in search and in the Copilot experiences. This means that whether you have Enterprise Search or Restricted SharePoint Search enabled, users in your organization will still be able to interact with their OneDrive information in Copilot.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Programmatic Desktop Sharing

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:15:54 Z

With desktop sharing (made available OOB), meeting presenters can now screen-share all their meeting apps directly onto the stage for improved collaboration. We are introducing programmatic desktop sharing, which allows developers to enable screensharing specific pieces of app content. Unlike the currently existing share to stage functionality, meeting participants cannot interact with the shared app; they have a view-only mode of the presenter's app screen similar to screen sharing, but in one click. The shared content is also automatically captured in the meeting recording. This works great for co-consumption scenarios and requires little developer investment.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Engage Admins/ Global admins do not require license to manage Viva Engage

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 23:30:14 Z

Provide Engage admins and Global admins the ability to manage Viva Engage without a licensed account.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Meet now in Teams group chat

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 23:45:26 Z

Start a huddle with you colleagues using meet now in group chat. Meet now in group chat is a ringless experience designed to enable ad-hoc, real-time communication with your team in a hybrid environment.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Watermark support for recording playback (Premium)

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 23:13:42 Z

Recording can now be enabled for watermarked meetings. An email ID will be displayed as the watermark during the meeting recording playback. Once a meeting has concluded, users can access the recorded content on both web and mobile platforms to watch the recording with watermarking.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Limit Presenter Role Permissions

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 01:00:53 Z

We are introducing a tenant configuration that admins can apply to limit user actions assigned to presenters in meetings. When enabled, presenters will no longer be able to control attendee mics and cameras, change the role of other participants, lower participants’ hands, and remove participants from the meeting. We want organizers to have control, flexibility, and structure in managing their meetings.
GA date: March CY2024

Whiteboard: Microsoft Forms Poll Loop component live copy/paste

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 23:22:56 Z

The ability to copy/paste existing Microsoft Forms Poll Loop components into Whiteboard and vice versa.

GA date: September CY2024

Visio: Infinite Canvas in Visio for the web

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:19:44 Z

Infinite canvas in Visio for the web is an expansive digital canvas designed to remove spatial limitations. It will allow users to stretch their creative boundaries by providing the room they need to capture, organize, and visualize ideas without constraints.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: New VDI solution for Teams

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:00:23 Z

New VDI solution for Teams is a redesigned version of the existing VDI solution, providing enhanced performance, reliability, and security. It offers additional features such as advanced meeting capabilities and a simpler app update experience for users. This Roadmap entry applies to Windows endpoints connecting to Azure Virtual Desktops, Windows 365 and Citrix VDI environments only.
GA date: June CY2024

SharePoint: Custom image as Section Background

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:15:05 Z

SharePoint lets you customize the sections backgrounds with your own image. We've enhanced the focal point and introduced more settings like fill mode, overlay, opacity to help you adhere to accessibility best practices and make sure that your contents are clear and readable with customized background. This gives you more power over the image to make your page beautiful.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Upload custom PowerPoint templates

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Ability to upload custom PowerPoint templates for exports
GA date: September CY2024

SharePoint Pages: New Section Level Content Align

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 23:30:08 Z

With Section Level Content Align, authors will now be able to center and bottom align all the webparts within a single section. This will make it easier for all of the columns in your section to be visually harmonious and reduce the need for the spacer webpart.
GA date: April CY2024

OneNote: Windows app - New protected virtual printer

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 17:45:59 Z

This creates the new virtual printer for OneNote Windows app, built on top of the Microsoft IPP class print driver. This printer will be compliant and functional with Widows Protected Print (WPP) mode.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Keyword highlight support for document trainable classifiers

Fri, 08 Sep 2023 22:53:12 Z

Highlight the keywords/phrases that are contributing significantly to the Trainable classifier results, so that users can easily understand the classification of the documents. This would build trust of the users of the OOB classifications and empower them to create DLP policies.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - DLP Analytics and Recommendations to understand risks, improve existing policies and improve posture

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Outlook: New options to copy email items in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:30:38 Z

We're thrilled to introduce a new way to copy email items in the new Outlook for web and Windows that will make your email management even more seamless and efficient. Ctrl + Drag and Drop: Simply hold down the Ctrl key while dragging and dropping your email items to effortlessly duplicate them. It's a quick and intuitive way to manage your emails with precision. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Syntex: Translation

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 23:14:11 Z

A new service that enables users to translate documents quickly and accurately among dozens of languages based on specific metadata or on-demand. Note: We will not be rolling out to Government Clouds at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
GA date: January CY2024

Office App: Idle Session Timeout for Microsoft 365 Web Apps - Government Cloud

Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:14:24 Z

Idle session timeout feature allows IT admins to configure a tenant-wide timeout value based on which users get automatically signed out after a period of inactivity on Microsoft 365 web apps. This feature is an improvement over, and will eventually replace, current idle timeout settings in Outlook Web App (OWA) and SharePoint Online (SPO).

GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insightful Policy Performance

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 23:14:31 Z

The Communication Compliance homepage provides two columns that offer a quick overview of policy performance: the first column shows the number of scanned parent items in real time, giving visibility into scanning progress; the second column keeps you informed about parent items that meet policy conditions, ensuring you stay updated on potential issues requiring attention and maintaining control over communication compliance. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Bookable desks

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 22:30:22 Z

With the bookable desks feature in Teams, users can reserve desks upon arrival by plugging in to shared desks. IT admins can discover bookable desks in shared spaces in the Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro Management portal and collect utilization data from these desks for proactive management and planning.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use Draft with Copilot in Word based on text, list, or table selection

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 22:30:22 Z

Use Draft with Copilot in Word with the on-canvas Copilot menu when a user selects text, a list, or a table. This generates new content from Copilot and provides a richer, more interactive experience.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use Draft with Copilot in Word based on text, list, or table selection

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 01:15:47 Z

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Bring the latest from your organization into your Word chats with Microsoft Copilot Graph-grounded search

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:15:11 Z

Ask Copilot a question in Word chat, and Copilot generates an answer using the rich, people-centric data and insights in the Microsoft cloud. That's the power of Copilot and Microsoft Graph.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Find the perfect visual with Copilot and Designer in Word

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:45:21 Z

Copilot in Word now integrates with Designer to help you find the perfect image or create a banner to bring your document to life.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Find the perfect visual with Copilot + Designer in Word

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 01:15:47 Z

Copilot in Word now integrates with Designer to help you find the perfect image or create a banner to bring your document to life
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Summary in Chat support for document text selection

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 23:15:16 Z

Summary requests in chat can be limited to operate only on the user-selected text in the document rather than operating on the entire document.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Find the perfect visual with Copilot and Designer in Word

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:15:35 Z

Copilot in Word now integrates with Designer to help you find the perfect image or create a banner to bring your document to life.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Summary in Chat support for document text selection

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 23:15:25 Z

Summary requests in chat can be limited to operate only on the user-selected text in the document, rather than operating in large part against the entire document
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Default classification for content matching trainable classifiers (U.S. Government clouds)

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:10:43 Z

In the Microsoft Purview compliance center, admins can view items that match trainable classifiers in Content explorer without first needing to create a policy.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Zebra firmware management

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 22:42:01 Z

Enables cloud management of Zebra over the air firmware updates from Microsoft Intune
GA date: September CY2023
Preview date: June CY2023

Excel: Record spreadsheet actions using Office Scripts

Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:26:39 Z

With this update, you can now record spreadsheet actions into a replayable Office Script in Excel for Windows and Mac. Office Scripts is a feature that enables you to automate repetitive spreadsheet tasks that was previously only available in Excel for the web.
GA date: April CY2023

Microsoft Teams: App suggestions by task in In-context Stores

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 23:13:39 Z

Users think about which tasks they need to complete such as creating a survey inside Teams. Now, app suggestions will be organized by tasks the apps support as opposed to conventional categories (productivity, project management). As a result, the new categorization will reduce the amount of time users need to spend learning about these apps – helping them to work more effectively. The task-based app suggestions will be added to the Tabs, Messaging Extension, and Bots in-context Stores.

GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Loop: Copilot-assisted Loop Page Creation

Wed, 08 May 2024 23:45:39 Z

Collaborate with Copilot to go from a blank page to a structured document ready for collaboration as quickly as possible. Start from scratch or select an existing page or template as the starting point and Copilot can modify it for the task at hand.
GA date: July CY2024

Exchange: Client Credential Flow for SMTP AUTH

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 21:09:19 Z

Client Credential Flow for SMTP AUTH allows applications to use Modern authentication for submitting authenticated emails to Exchange Online without an interactive sign-on.

GA date: July CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Hiding of inactive channels

Fri, 31 May 2024 22:30:03 Z

Easily keep your channels list relevant. Teams will automatically detect inactive channels you haven’t interacted with in a while, and automatically hide them for you. You have the option to review the list of channels and unhide some or all of them, opt out of automatic hiding from settings, or initiate this process on demand.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - Organization-wide template and question customization

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 22:08:34 Z

Create organization-wide templates and questions for managers and project leads to use.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - Send a Viva Pulse request to a larger audience

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 23:11:50 Z

Send pulses to up to 10,000 recipients.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Redirect incoming call directly to voicemail from incoming call notification

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:22:17 Z

Allows users to easily redirect an incoming call to voicemail without having to accept or reject the call when receiving calls on a Teams certified phone device.

GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage - Domain/URL Update

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 07:00:00 Z

To align the URL with the new Viva Engage branding and as part of the unified domain for Microsoft 365 initiative, Viva Engage’s URL schema is being updated. This change includes domains only. A separate roadmap will be created for email sender changes. Note: The release month and status have been updated to show current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Auto-Remediation of Malicious Entity Clusters Identified in Automated Investigation and Response (AIR)

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 02:15:04 Z

The feature will expand upon the automated investigation and response (AIR) by enabling AIR to automatically remediate malicious entity clusters. AIR currently recommends actions for SecOps to approve or decline and this enhancement will allow customers to enable auto-remediation to allow AIR to act on recommendations and soft delete messages included in a malicious URL or malicious file cluster.
GA date: December CY2024

OneNote: Preview of New Sticky Notes app on Windows available from OneNote app

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Microsoft is expanding its notetaking solution, OneNote, to include users who need a simple and quick way to jot down ideas and remember important information while staying focused on the task at hand. New Sticky Notes is a new experience built on the foundation of OneNote that offers the same experience as existing Sticky Notes, while making it easier to capture screenshots, automatically add the source information to the notes, and more. Existing Microsoft Sticky Note users on Windows will gradually be transitioned to the new Sticky Notes app.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: 4K local HDMI content sharing quality for Teams Rooms on Android

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 23:15:25 Z

Users can see HDMI content in 4K quality on Teams Rooms on Android devices that support 4K HDMI input, when they share content without joining a Teams meeting.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Join meetings with a QR code on Teams Rooms on Android using Teams mobile

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 23:15:25 Z

Users can quickly join a meeting from a Teams Room even without forwarding the invite to the room calendar by scanning a QR code using their mobile device camera. The user will then enter the Teams mobile companion mode experience on their mobile. The QR code is found on the Teams Room home screen and can also be scanned to start an ad-hoc meeting or cast content from their mobile to the Teams Room display. If the user does not have the Teams mobile app, they will be directed to download it after scanning the QR code. IT admins can control the QR code feature in the device settings and the Teams admin center. The feature supports cross-tenant meetings when the organization and user policies allow it.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Home screen refresh for Teams Rooms on Android

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 23:15:25 Z

The Teams Rooms on Android home screen matches the look and feel of Teams Rooms on Windows, enabling users to engage with a consistent Teams Rooms interface. The touch console features six action buttons and shows the room calendar on the right side of the home screen. A room tip appears at the bottom left corner of the front of room display for user education.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Teams Rooms Windows Devices support for presenters in town halls

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 00:15:54 Z

Presenters can join and present from a Microsoft Teams Room (MTR) Windows device in a town hall.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - Add new questions to Question Library as Pulse admin

Thu, 11 Apr 2024 23:15:26 Z

Pulse admins can create new questions that become available in their users' Question Library.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Multi-panel check-in on Teams panels

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:15:43 Z

If a conference room has multiple panels deployed, admins can now enable check-in and room release for this room. The devices will stay in sync on the check-in status to ensure that the room is released or not released correctly.
GA date: June CY2024

Word: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Start a new document using up to three files

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:30:00 Z

No need to start from scratch. Copilot can create your new document based on three different Word or PowerPoint files. In "Draft with Copilot," select Reference a file and choose up to three files that Copilot should use when creating the new document. Or, in "Compose," type "/" and the name of the file you'd like to use. You can only use files you have permission to access in your organization's SharePoint or OneDrive.
GA date: May CY2024

SharePoint: Autofill columns

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 23:45:26 Z

This allows SharePoint Premium users to add natural language prompts to document library columns to extract or generate metadata from an uploaded file's contents.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Intelligent call recap (Premium)

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 01:15:47 Z

The Calls app in Teams will soon have AI-generated notes and action items from your calls, so you can pay attention to your conversations and save time coordinating next steps. Intelligent call recap will work for both VoIP and PSTN calls, and summaries will be generated from calls for which transcription was enabled.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Support for SharePoint audience targeting

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 22:15:31 Z

When publishing to one or multiple SharePoint sites from within Viva Amplify, you can now promote the news post to specific audiences by indicating security groups, Microsoft 365 groups, or AAD dynamic groups.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Forms: Polls in Teams Meetings for GCC High

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:28 Z

Polls (built by Forms) for Teams meetings provides an easily discoverable and seamless experience that will help you conduct more engaging and productive meetings. With Polls, meeting presenters can prepare, launch, and evaluate polls before, during, and after meetings, respectively, all from one place under a tab in the Teams meeting.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft SharePoint: Resource Specific Consent

Tue, 02 May 2023 23:25:16 Z

Introduction of new .Selected permissions and APIs to support granting applications permissions at all of the levels where it is possible to break inheritance today. This will apply to applications operating in either delegated or app-only mode.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Intune: On demand remediations - single device

Fri, 04 Aug 2023 22:05:15 Z

Remediations are script packages that can detect and fix common support issues on a user's device before they even realize there's a problem. These remediations can help reduce support calls. On demand remediations enables admins to execute a remediation on demand and as soon as possible on a single device.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: June CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management | Adaptive Protection - HR resignation date as a condition for risk level

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 23:21:44 Z

Admins can now select the HR resignation date as a condition to assign a minor, moderate, or elevated risk level. For example, an admin can configure the minor risk level to be assigned when an HR resignation date is sent via the HR connector. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - New Teams Logs for Microsoft Purview Audit Standard Users

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 23:35:36 Z

Microsoft Purview is expanding access to wider cloud security activity events for Microsoft Teams. As part of the changes, standard users of Purview Audit will begin to generate 15 new Microsoft Teams events that were previously generated only for Audit Premium licensed users. The following events will now be provided for all Audit Standard users: 1. MeetingParticipantDetail; 2. MessageSent; 3. MessagesListed; 4. MeetingDetail; 5. MessageUpdated; 6. ChatRetrieved; 7. MessageRead; 8. MessageHostedContentRead; 9. ChatCreated; 10. ChatUpdated; 11. MessageCreatedNotification; 12. MessageDeletedNotification; 13. MessageUpdatedNotification; 14. SubscribedToMessages; 15. MessageHostedContentsListed

GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Copilot for Sales plugin for Copilot in Teams meetings

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 23:15:25 Z

Admins can enable the Copilot for Sales plugin in the plugin menu. All plugins are toggled ‘off’ by default, and users can toggle it ‘on’ from the plugin menu. When Copilot for Sales plugin is set to ‘on,’ Copilot in Teams meetings will be able to access Sales and Dynamics 365 data to return insights for a summary of the sales opportunity for the meeting based on the transcript, as well as retrieve brand information for the account from Dynamics 365 if the account name was mentioned.
GA date: June CY2024

Exchange: Microsoft Defender for Office 365 - Quarantine End User Allow and Block list management

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 01:00:27 Z

We are Updating the experience for end user allow and block list management of their emails. With one click, end users will block emails from unwanted senders and prevent those emails from showing up in their default quarantine view anymore as well as in their Quarantine notifications. End users will also be able to allow emails from trusted senders and prevent future emails from those senders from landing in quarantine given there are no Admin overrides in place. End users will also have visibility into Admin overrides that led to a Quarantined email message if there is one.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - New Exchange and SharePoint Logs for Microsoft Purview Audit Standard Users

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 01:15:18 Z

Microsoft Purview is expanding access to wider cloud security activity events for Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint. As part of the changes, standard users of Purview Audit will begin to generate four new Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint events that were previously generated only for Audit Premium licensed users: MailItemsAccessed, Send, SearchQueryInitiatedExchange, and SearchQueryInitiatedSharepoint. The following logs will differ based on the user’s license and additional metadata will be added to Exchange logs when the user is assigned an Audit Premium license: SensitivityLabel for MailItemsAccessed.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

SharePoint: In-product feedback button

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:15:19 Z

We are introducing an in-product feedback button to SharePoint, coherent with the rest of the M365 suite. This will provide the option to submit compliments, problems, or suggestions about UI/UX and feature functionality to Microsoft.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery - eDiscovery Graph API for purge enhancements to include Exchange items and expand purge limit from 10 to 100

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:30:56 Z

Now eDiscovery admins using the eDiscovery Graph APIs for purge to remove misplaced emails and or Teams messages from their storage locations can use the eDiscovery Graph API for both Exchange email items and Teams messages. In addition, the prior limit of 10 items per storage location will be expanded to 100 items per storage location.
GA date: April CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Ability to Copy Rule

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 01:45:14 Z

With this feature, admins will have capability to reuse existing rules and make slight edits instead of creating new rules from scratch every time. This will reduce a lot of manual re-work and boost their productivity.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Files Card on Viva Connections

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 23:00:39 Z

The feature helps organizations add a view of files which were recently accessed, shared or marked favorite by the user. This file view can be added in the form of card on Viva Connections dashboard.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Improvements to “Deleting of SharePoint files/folders” indicators

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 23:15:49 Z

Today “Deleting of SharePoint files” and “Deleting of SharePoint folders” indicators include permanent file or folder deletion event operations FileDeleted and FolderDeleted respectively. With this update, these indicators also capture files/folders moved to recycle bin which includes FileRecycled, FolderRecycled. You will see more activities being captured by these indicators. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Improvements to “Deleting of SharePoint files/folders” indicators

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 23:15:22 Z

Today “Deleting of SharePoint files” and “Deleting of SharePoint folders” indicators include permanent file or folder deletion event operations FileDeleted, FolderDeleted respectively. With this update, these indicators also capture files/folders moved to recycle bin which includes FileRecycled, FolderRecycled, so you will see more activities being captured by these indicators. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse – Integration into Viva Connections Dashboard

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:45:32 Z

Viva Connections will support Viva Pulse cards where admins can add Pulse cards to the Connections Dashboard. Users can create a Pulse survey from the Connections Dashboard. Users of the Connections Dashboard will be notified about Pulse surveys they send as well.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

SharePoint: Image shapes

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:45:30 Z

We're adding the capability to apply a shape over the image web part as well as on inline images in the text web part. Shapes include square, circle, triangle, hexagon, pebble, and teardrop.
GA date: April CY2024

Outlook: New Contact View and Org Chart

Tue, 21 May 2024 23:15:05 Z

This improves the large contact view experience, including the org chart and recent files.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals - Request License for Others

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:45:00 Z

This feature enables all unlicensed users to request a license from their IT Admin. IT Admins see these requests in MAC and either approve or decline them. Today, unlicensed users who get errors while trying to sign in cannot proceed. With this feature, they can at least express intent to their IT Admin to start using Goals. Also, Org Admins can now request licenses for all unlicensed users in their Goals Organizations, thus unblocking them from using Goals.
GA date: July CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals - Improved FRE for new Goals users

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 00:30:40 Z

New users to Goals will have an easier onboarding with low confusion on their first sign-in.
GA date: July CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals - New users can auto-claim licenses

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:45:00 Z

By creating the Auto-claim policy for any product, IT Admins will enable eligible new users to claim a license to the product when they sign in. This removes the dependency on the IT Admin and provides a seamless experience to end users. Viva Goals will be onboarded to this platform.
GA date: July CY2025

Bookings: ''Cc" functionality to email notifications

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 23:11:02 Z

'Cc' an additional email address on confirmation and reminder emails
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Stream: Add to Favorites & navigate to Stream Start page in the Stream web app on SharePoint

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 00:21:00 Z

You will now be able to favorite a video directly from the Stream web app. Additionally, there will be a new Home button in the Stream web app for easier navigation to the Stream start page in Microsoft 365 to get back to videos you favorited or videos recently shared with you.
GA date: July CY2023

Microsoft 365 app: View your Microsoft Planner plans and Microsoft To Do lists in the Microsoft 365 Homepage

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 23:17:25 Z

Recently accessed plans and lists will now appear in the quick access list on the Microsoft 365 homepage, helping users more quickly discover and take action on their tasks.
GA date: January CY2024

PowerPoint: New entry point for add-in (WXP) in Home tab for Mac

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 23:30:16 Z

Support the add-in users to find store entry point more easily and acquire their needed add-ins effectively in Mac.
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Forms aids students with step-by-step solutions for quiz questions

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 22:15:57 Z

With Copilot in Forms quizzes, teachers can easily generate step-by-step solutions for each question. Teachers have the option to allow students to immediately view their results so they can see what they've mastered and where they need further studying using the step-by-step solutions supported by Copilot.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Enhanced multiple action experience from Threat explorer

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:15:11 Z

SecOps can take multiple actions such as purging emails, submissions, and Tenant-level block actions through a single wizard on the bulk of messages. In addition, Tenant-level block URL and File actions are now available directly from Threat explorer.
GA date: April CY2024

OneDrive: Sync admin reports - bulk data export

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:11:40 Z

Support for bulk export of device status, including username, sync app version, known folders, last sync date, and sync errors.

GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Changes to Viva Engage Connector for Topic Name

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 23:44:06 Z

In support of migrating tenants from using legacy Viva Engage topics to Viva Topics, changes are coming to the Power Automate connector for Viva Engage. The topic name parameter will be deprecated from the connector. Legacy flows will continue to work, but the topic name parameter will not be available for new flows.
GA date: September CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Adaptive Protection - HR resignation date as a condition for risk level

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:06:39 Z

Microsoft Viva : Connections Analytics for multiple Connections experiences

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:28:26 Z

With this feature, customers using multiple Viva Connections experiences in their tenants will see analytics aggregated at each experience level. There will be no change in how the analytics module is accessed or any metrics provided.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Word – Customize Copilot in Word responses with Personalization profiles

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 23:15:04 Z

Personalization profiles allow users to customize the way Copilot responds to their prompts. It considers user preferences, interests, and other information to give users a more personalized experience.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Connections Advanced Analytics

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:15:12 Z

Enhancements to the current analytics module for Viva Connections will include the following: daily data for 90 days, user retention metrics, and monthly aggregates for the last 12 months.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Stream: Playlist support for Stream web part in SharePoint

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 23:30:08 Z

The Stream web part, used when adding video to SharePoint pages and sites, will soon support embedding playlists from the same site in grid and theater layouts.
GA date: April CY2024

SharePoint: SharePoint Premium Content Query - Columns in new libraries are queryable

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:30:49 Z

With this update, columns in newly created libraries by licensed users are all made available to content query. Also, users can trigger an action to make all columns in existing libraries available to content query.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Connections Analytics in GCC

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:15:09 Z

The customer facing analytics module will allow customers to understand the usage metrics for their instance of Viva Connections and will help them gauge the health of their VC deployment.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Meeting organizers can manage access to meeting artifacts such as meeting transcripts, recordings, AI-generated recap, and Copilot

Tue, 07 May 2024 23:30:56 Z

Introducing a new meeting option that gives meeting organizers the flexibility to manage which attendees have access to meeting artifacts such as transcript, recording, AI-generated recap, and Copilot. Meeting organizers can select from three options: (1) People with existing access, (2) Organizers and Co-organizers, or (3) Specific People.
GA date: June CY2024

Visio: Mind maps in Visio for the web [Visio Plan 1, Plan 2]

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:11:31 Z

Brainstorm and capture information in a structured format that makes it easy to understand and recall with new mind map shapes in Visio for the web.

GA date: May CY2024

Whiteboard: Existing Azure Board Migration

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 00:16:11 Z

This feature will migrate boards that exist in your tenant's Azure storage to OneDrive for Business storage. More information will follow as we near release.
GA date: December CY2024

SharePoint: Collaborate on SharePoint pages and news with co-authoring

Tue, 02 May 2023 23:25:22 Z

Multiple authors can collaborate on a SharePoint page or news at the same time.

GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Reference PDF files in Copilot in Word

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 23:15:10 Z

Users can now reference PDF files for Copilot to work with while generating content in Word.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Self service to relink surveys

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 23:11:49 Z

Improved self service; Ability to relink surveys to programs in progress
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Exact Data Match adding support for role-based access control (RBAC) for EDM upload authorization

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Customers will be able to choose to leverage RBAC to authorize users for uploading data to the Exact Data Match (EDM) service instead of leveraging the EDM_DataUploaders security group for authorization.
GA date: November CY2024

Visio: Custom shapes in Visio for the web [Visio Plan 2]

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 23:06:53 Z

Users with a Visio Plan 2 license will be able to use third-party custom shapes to create diagrams in Visio for the web.
GA date: May CY2024

Visio: Edit legacy .vsd files in Visio for the web [Visio Plan 1, Plan 2]

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 23:06:55 Z

Users with a Visio Plan 1 or Visio Plan 2 license will be able to edit legacy .vsd files in Visio for the web by creating an exact copy (except macros) and saving it in the latest .vsdx format.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Bing search integration brings the power of the web to your chats in Word

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:15:11 Z

Ask Copilot a question in Word chat, and Copilot generates an answer using the power of integrated Bing search. And you never have to leave the app.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview: Microsoft Information Protection - Exact Data Match adding support for role-based access control (RBAC) for EDM upload authorization

Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:45:32 Z

Microsoft 365 app: Use Microsoft Purview to prevent some connected experiences that analyze content

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 23:30:13 Z

Use a new sensitivity label setting or protection with Double Key Encryption to prevent content within Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook from being sent to Microsoft for content analysis as a privacy control, even when these are stored in Microsoft’s cloud, such as SharePoint or OneDrive. This helps your organization to optimize your data privacy needs on a per-content basis using the familiar configurations and end-user experiences available with Microsoft Purview.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/sensitivity-labels-office-apps#prevent-some-connected-experiences-that-analyze-content
GA date: June CY2024

Word: Reference PDF files in Copilot in Word

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 23:15:10 Z

Users can now reference PDF files for Copilot to work with while generating content in Word.
GA date: June CY2024

Word: Reference PDF files in Copilot in Word

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 23:15:10 Z

Users can now reference PDF files for Copilot to work with while generating content in Word.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Reference PDF files in Copilot in Word

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 22:45:31 Z

Users can now reference PDF files for Copilot to work with while generating content in Word.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot takes emails and meetings into account while drafting content in Word

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 18:30:38 Z

You will no longer need to reference certain types of organizational data for Copilot to generate contextually relevant content. People and chats will still need to be referenced explicitly.
GA date: September CY2024

SharePoint: Video Pages

Tue, 02 May 2023 23:25:06 Z

Create video centric page content, like highlighting meeting content or executive messages with the new video pages templates - presenting them inline, playable, and beautiful. These templates are available in both SharePoint and Stream, making it easy to showcase video with a customized and branded pages experience from either application.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Protection of password protected, unscannable, and partially scannable document

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 23:19:32 Z

We are releasing three predicates in the SharePoint DLP area that will provide protection of password protected, unscannable, and partially scannable documents.

GA date: October CY2023
Preview date: September CY2023

Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Office Apps on the Web can create PDFs that inherit the source files sensitivity labels

Wed, 28 Jun 2023 23:15:27 Z

PDFs created from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint will inherit their source files sensitivity labels in Office for the Web when the label is unencrypted.
GA date: August CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Email signature exclusion

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 23:22:55 Z

Images in email signatures are by default treated as attachments, which could make it seem like a user is sending emails with attachments many times a day, creating many false alerts in Insider Risk Management. With this update, admins can choose to exclude images in signatures automatically to reduce noisy signals. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

GA date: September CY2023

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Current web content included when drafting with Copilot in Word

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 23:45:20 Z

Draft with Copilot will include information from Bing search, resulting in content that's as current as what you would find when searching with Bing on the web.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - | PDF files encrypted with sensitivity label can be searched and eDiscovered

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:16:42 Z

With this update, PDF files with sensitivity label (and encryption) can be reasoned over in SharePoint Online, searched, or eDiscovered. Additionally, labels can be applied to the existing PDF files hosted in SharePoint.

GA date: November CY2023
Preview date: June CY2023

Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance: Message details report

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 22:59:31 Z

This new Communication Compliance report provides a comprehensive summary of all activities and actions that have occurred against a policy, such as date sent, date flagged, reviewed by, message reconciliation, etc. By providing visibility into policy review activity, this feature can help organizations fulfill regulatory compliance obligations and better track the status and progress for unresolved policy violations. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/communication-compliance?view=o365-worldwide
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - | PDF files encrypted with sensitivity label can be searched and eDiscovered (US Government clouds)

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 21:57:40 Z

GA date: September CY2023

Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance: Reporting improvements

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 23:13:07 Z

Improvements in the message details reporting interface will help make it easier to create and download reports for specific users under scope of a policy, including number of alerts generated and remediation actions taken within a specified date range. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: April CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management – Email signature exclusion

Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:14:20 Z

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention – Incident management in Microsoft Defender portal (U.S. Government clouds)

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 23:24:21 Z

This feature provides a singular view for incident management by making the Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention incident management experience available in the Microsoft Defender portal. Customers can import all DLP incidents into Microsoft Sentinel to extend correlation, detection and investigation across additional Microsoft and non-Microsoft data sources, and extend automated orchestration flows using Sentinel’s native SOAR capabilities.
GA date: April CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Configure inheritance of attachment labels to email messages (U.S. Government clouds)

Sat, 03 Jun 2023 01:54:33 Z

Configure label policies for email messages with attachments to inherit labels that match the highest classification of those attachments.
GA date: August CY2023

SharePoint: eSignature

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:28:15 Z

Microsoft's native eSignature service allows users to request simple electronic signatures from internal and external recipients for a PDF document in SharePoint. Recipients can easily sign documents without the document leaving the trusted boundaries of Microsoft.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Reporting improvements (Leverage policy insights)

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:06:41 Z

Communication Compliance message details report will support additional user filter to create and download the report for specific users in the policy. The items per policy report will provide item counts and actions on the items matched in the specified date range.
GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management-New attributes and features for alert and case

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 23:09:37 Z

With this update, Insider Risk Management will provide additional attributes for alerts and cases to make it easier to understand which alerts and cases should be prioritized. The additional attributes include details, such as the date the last activity was detected and the last working date of departing employees. In addition, admins with appropriate permissions can customize columns and save a preferred combination of filters and columns. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: January CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention- Expand Investigation Pane to Full Screen for Data Loss Preventions alerts in Microsoft 365 Defender

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:06:20 Z

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Ending the Microsoft Purview legacy alerts ingestion into Microsoft 365 Defender portal

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:30:11 Z

To increase the relevance of DLP alerts and incidents in Microsoft 365 Defender portal, we are ending the flow of the following legacy alerts into Microsoft 365 Defender portal: eDiscovery Search started or exported, successful exact data match upload, retention auto-labeling policy simulation completed, unusual volume of DLP policy matches, failed exact data match upload, MIP autolabel simulation completed, unusual volume of external file sharing, unusual volume of file deletion. These alerts were created as a result of legacy standalone alert policies. For a better experience, we recommend using the alerting toggle in the DLP policy authoring experience.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Enabling call forwarding directly from phone device home screen through Teams admin center

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 23:00:39 Z

Users can enable call forwarding directly from phone device home screen (including common area phones). Admins can control display of call forwarding on phone device home screen through Teams Admin Center.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Advanced calling and contact management support on non-touch phones

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 23:00:39 Z

On non-touch phones users can use advanced calling features such as park/unpark calls, busy on busy, auto restart, and manage contacts and contact groups.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Webinar - Disable social share for attendees

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:15:11 Z

Disable the ability for attendees to share the webinar event page to social networking sites for public events post-registration.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Auto labeling (for files at rest in SharePoint Online) can now label PDF files

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:16:44 Z

This feature enables you to label PDF files at rest via the auto-labeling engine as you would Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files.

GA date: September CY2023
Preview date: July CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Power Automate integration

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:02:13 Z

Initiate a Power Automate workflow when the item reaches the end of its retention period. For example, execute a complex disposition approval process or move the file to an archive.

GA date: October CY2023
Preview date: September CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Optimize for Video setting for screensharing

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:45:19 Z

Provide setting to optimize screen sharing for video clip by reducing the lag and improving the quality of video playback when sharing video clips in Teams meetings
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Loop components in Teams chat for GCC

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 23:13:37 Z

Loop components in Teams chat allow end users to send a message with a table, action items or a list that can be co-authored and edited by everyone in line.

GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview | Endpoint DLP - Advanced classification scanning and protection (U.S. Government clouds)

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 23:05:08 Z

Advanced classification scanning and protection allows the Microsoft 365 cloud-based data classification service to scan items, classify them, and return the results to the endpoint device. This enables admins to include more advanced classification techniques, such as exact data match, into data loss prevention policies. Admins will also have the flexibility to set a per-device bandwidth limit for a 24-hour period to regulate bandwidth usage.

More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/endpoint-dlp-using?view=o365-worldwide#advanced-classification-scanning-and-protection
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management: New retention actions in Power Automate integration

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 23:40:21 Z

We will release additional retention actions as part of the Power Automate integration with Microsoft Purview Records Management. You can now relabel a file or an email at the end of its retention period or apply a retention label to a file in SharePoint. You can also delete items in SharePoint, OneDrive, or Exchange with all executed retention actions recorded in the Microsoft Purview Audit log.
GA date: October CY2023
Preview date: March CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Enhancements to DLP capabilities on macOS endpoints

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

With this update, we are adding several enhancements to DLP capabilities for macOS endpoints, including ability to create groups of USB, Printer, and Network share and apply different restrictions to different groups; support for most restrictive actions against multiple rule matches; and support for Network share exclusion.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - File Name and File Path filters for DLP alerts in Microsoft 365 Defender portal

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 23:35:28 Z

We are enhancing the filtering experience for DLP alerts in Microsoft 365 Defender portal with the capability to filter the DLP alerts queues by File Name or File Path.

GA date: December CY2023
Preview date: November CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Collaborative notes in GCC

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:45:19 Z

Microsoft Teams: Meeting ID and passcode to join on Teams Rooms on Windows

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 23:31:02 Z

IT Admins can configure and require a meeting ID and passcode to join a meeting on Teams Rooms on Windows to ensure higher levels of security and privacy. This feature is available for Teams Rooms Pro customers.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Enhancements to DLP capabilities on macOS endpoints (U.S. Government clouds)

Tue, 20 Jun 2023 23:11:17 Z

This update provides several DLP capabilities for macOS, including support for Bluetooth, ability to customize notifications, auto-quarantine, tamper protection, ability to create app groups and granular app restrictions policies, and support for Japanese language.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Share contact information of people in Microsoft Teams chat

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 00:15:45 Z

Users can now share the contact information of someone who is not in a chat to make it easy for others to confidently get to know other collaborators.
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: User reported events in Microsoft Teams Rooms Pro Management

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 02:15:52 Z

When an end user reports an issue from a Teams Rooms device, a feedback event is raised in the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal. This event provides managers with the necessary data to act on the feedback or open a support case with logs that were generated by the end user. This feature is only available with the Teams Rooms Pro license.
GA date: April CY2024

Forms: Pre-filled link in Microsoft Forms

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 18:00:21 Z

You can send respondents a form with some fields already filled in. This feature is designed to simplify respondent experience and improve data accuracy.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Shifts plugin for Copilot for Microsoft 365

Mon, 06 May 2024 23:45:36 Z

Frontline Managers can use the Shifts plug-in for Copilot to retrieve insights on shifts, open shifts and time off leveraging data from the Shifts app in addition to user and company data it’s able to access.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Forms: Add or remove people from the response notification emails

Tue, 28 May 2024 23:30:14 Z

Now form owners can add or remove people from the response notification emails. Currently only the form owner or the group alias is notified when someone responds to a form.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Custom emojis and reactions

Tue, 21 May 2024 23:15:05 Z

User can upload their own custom emojis and reactions to personalize their communication. Emojis will be available within the user’s tenant in chat and channels via the emoji and reaction menus.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Collaborative Notes in Channel Meetings

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:17:12 Z

Collaborative Notes will replace Wiki-based Channel Meeting Notes. Collaborative Notes in channel meetings allow attendees to co-create and collaborate on their meeting agenda, notes, and action items. Since Collaborative Notes are a Loop component, it is always in sync regardless of how many places they live in. Assigned Tasks in Collaborative Notes automatically sync with To Do and Planner.

GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Select the domain to choose for Teams Email Service

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:15:03 Z

Admins will be able to select the domain to send emails to their users via Teams Email Service
GA date: February CY2024

SharePoint: Sensitive information processing model

Fri, 03 May 2024 22:15:09 Z

SharePoint Premium users will now have the capability to apply a prebuilt sensitive information processing model to SharePoint libraries. This model is designed to detect and possibly extract sensitive information from documents upon their library.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Edge: AI theme generator

Thu, 09 May 2024 23:00:20 Z

Microsoft Edge will include an AI theme generator, that allows users to input a text prompt and generate a series of images to preview as browser themes. Applying the theme includes setting the generated image on the Edge new tab page, and applying the image's dominant color to the browser frame. Admins can restrict access to this feature using the AIGenThemesEnabled policy.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights manager, leader, and advanced insights available for GCC

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 23:04:31 Z

Viva Insights is pleased to announce that manager, leader, and advanced insights will be available for GCC June 30, 2023. These premium insights help organizations understand and predict the impact of day-to-day actions to continuously improve the outcomes they care about.

GA date: May CY2024

Outlook: Managing document permissions in Outlook for iOS

Fri, 17 May 2024 22:45:21 Z

Now, when you add a OneDrive or SharePoint file to an email, Outlook will notify you if anyone doesn't yet have permissions so you can update those before sending your email.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Adaptive Protection

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 00:16:15 Z

Adaptive Protection is a capability of Microsoft Purview that dynamically assigns appropriate Data Loss Prevention policies to users based on the risk levels analyzed by the machine learning models in Insider Risk Management. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: February CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Activity explorer export limit increase (U.S. Government clouds)

Tue, 16 May 2023 23:14:23 Z

The activity explorer's export limit will increase from 10K to 100K records. This update will benefit organizations that prefer exporting user activity insights to a CSV file, as they now can filter, sort, or pivot a bigger data set more conveniently. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Meeting Options Categorization

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:11:23 Z

We are introducing grouping within Meeting Options to improve organizers’ and co-organizers’ ease of understanding selections.

GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - New Exchange and SharePoint Logs for Microsoft Purview Audit Standard Users

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:09:11 Z

Microsoft Purview is expanding access to wider cloud security activity events for Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint. As part of the changes, standard users of Purview Audit will begin to generate 4 new Microsoft Exchange and SharePoint events that were previously generated only for Audit Premium licensed users. The following events will now be provided for all Audit Standard users: 1. MailItemsAccessed; 2. Send; 3. SearchQueryInitiatedExchange; 4. SearchQueryInitiatedSharepoint; The following logs will differ based upon the user’s license. This following additional metadata is added to Exchange logs when the user is assigned an Audit Premium license: Premium Insight 1: SensitivityLabel for MailItemsAccessed

GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Ability to delete indicator variants

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 23:45:56 Z

With this update, admins with appropriate permissions will be able to delete any of the indicator variants created. Deletion of variants will directly delete it from all the Insider Risk Management policies being used. Any old insights related to the variants will remain for future reference. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: February CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Saved views in Activity explorer

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 01:00:27 Z

During an alert investigation, analysts usually use various filters and columns in activity explorer to understand the risk activities that may lead to potential data security incidents. With this update, an Insider Risk Management analyst can quickly use a previously configured combination of filters and columns with one click. This can help analysts efficiently work through recurring activities without manually setting up filters every time. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: June CY2024

Outlook: New search UI for contacts and global address list

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 01:00:51 Z

A new in-flow experience for searching contacts and the global address list while addressing mail and calendar events.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Ability to create custom tags in Communication Compliance policies

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Outlook: Collapsible Date Headers on Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:15:19 Z

You now can collapse and expand the date headers in the Message List when you've chosen "Show date headers in the message list" in your Settings. Collapse all emails from "This week" to quickly get to the rest of the emails from "This month."
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Gain contextual summary of Communication Compliance matches with Copilot for Security

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 23:15:49 Z

Copilot for Security is embedded in Communication Compliance to summarize policy matches in the context of business conduct and regulatory compliance classifiers that flagged the content. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: May CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

Outlook: Chat with Copilot in classic Outlook for Windows

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:45:13 Z

The same Microsoft Copilot experience you can get from the Microsoft Teams app, at copilot.microsoft.com ("Work mode"), and in many other places is now available from within classic Microsoft Outlook for Windows. You can find the Copilot app in the left app bar.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Easily manage Do Not Disturb presence status when screen sharing

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 23:15:25 Z

We're introducing a setting that allows Teams Phone Mobile users to opt-out of your presence automatically transitioning to Do Not Disturb when presenting or screen sharing. When this setting is enabled, users will be able to continue to receive call notifications when presenting, without having to manually adjust their presence status.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Exfiltration of business-sensitive data to free public domain emails

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 23:15:00 Z

In this update, we are enhancing the existing email insight alerts to provide additional information when business-sensitive data is potentially leaked from a work email account to a free public domain email, potentially leading to a data security incident. The new domain detection group "Free public domains" will list the common domains used for personal email accounts. Admins with appropriate permissions can choose to select these domains in their indicator variants. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Connections now available on web

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:45:21 Z

Viva Connections is now available directly on the browser. All the same functionalities that exist in Teams now also surface directly in the browser, providing a consistent experience with other Viva Modules.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Clipchamp: Clipchamp for Education (A3 & A5)

Wed, 08 May 2024 23:45:39 Z

Clipchamp enables rapid editing and creation of videos on OneDrive and SharePoint including features like trim, join, transitions, filters, text overlay, audio controls, screen/camera recording and more. Available via the web or Windows app for Microsoft 365 A3 and Microsoft 365 A5 SKUs.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Official Communities Discovery

Tue, 21 May 2024 23:15:05 Z

Official Communities are discoverable in the Communities Discovery page. Under Recommended Communities, there is an Official Communities section which highlights the communities that have been verified by the network admins.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Import navigational links from SharePoint into Resources in Viva Connections

Thu, 23 May 2024 23:15:08 Z

On the desktop experience for Viva Connections, operators will be able to effortlessly import SharePoint links from their home site navigation and global navigation directly into the Resources section.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Planner: eDiscovery Support for Microsoft Planner

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 23:15:10 Z

Conduct a content search for eDiscovery and legal hold on Planner tasks in Microsoft Purview. The Planner data available for eDiscovery includes tasks shared with groups, along with the comments and attachments associated with those tasks.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Choose custom images as icons for resources in Viva Connections

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 22:00:28 Z

Operators will be able to add custom images as icons to links located in resources in Viva Connections!
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Enhanced sound notification controls

Tue, 28 May 2024 23:30:14 Z

You can change the sound of your notifications to help you stay focused, prioritize quickly and avoid distractions. You can as well make urgent notifications and priority contact notifications more prominent. You can also mute notification sounds when you are busy or in a meeting.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Saved views in activity explorer

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 23:19:28 Z

GA date: May CY2024
Preview date: May CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Activity explorer export limit increase

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 23:19:43 Z

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Proficiency level content filter

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Users can filter content based on the proficiency level of the content—Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced.

GA date: June CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Connections news notifications on desktop

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 23:15:20 Z

With this release, existing news notifications in Viva Connections mobile will also be available in Viva Connections desktop.
GA date: June CY2024

Outlook: Chat with Copilot in new Outlook for Windows and web

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:45:13 Z

The same Microsoft Copilot experience you can get from the Microsoft Teams app, at copilot.microsoft.com ("Work mode"), and in many other places is now available from within Microsoft Outlook for Windows and web. You can find the Copilot app in the left app bar. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse – Integration into Viva Glint Dashboard

Tue, 14 May 2024 23:30:08 Z

Enable managers and leaders to gather additional information and check in on team progress after an org-wide Glint survey. By leveraging a Pulse survey that recommends questions based on the top strengths and opportunities identified in the org-wide Glint survey, managers and leaders can gather a timely understanding of the team’s progress to-date in addressing key focus areas, make mid-point adjustments if needed, and maintain momentum in their efforts to improve engagement and employee experience.
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: March CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Data control to process survey data upon receiving a delete signal

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 23:30:54 Z

Empower the customer to control survey data processing upon receiving a DSR or Entra ID delete signal, ensuring compliance with data retention policies.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - Pulse data available in Insights Analyst Workbench

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 23:30:54 Z

HR analysts and admins can access aggregated Pulse survey results across the organization and slice and dice the survey results to analyze Pulse survey results by organizational attributes (Ex. organizational hierarchy, job level, job function, geographic location, etc.).
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - New question types

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 23:30:54 Z

Viva Pulse authors can add new question types, including matrix types, and leverage enhanced logic to drive more targeted survey experiences for respondents.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - Viva Pulse templates to measure Copilot readiness, adoption & impact as part of Microsoft 365 Copilot

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 23:30:54 Z

Viva Pulse authors can now use new templates specific to M365 Copilot Readiness, Adoption & Impact to measure employee sentiment around their organization's Copilot adoption. These templates will be available as part of your Microsoft365 Copilot subscription as well.
GA date: November CY2024

Planner: Copilot in Planner

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:27:09 Z

Through simple, natural-language prompts, Copilot in the Planner Teams app will help you generate new plans, set goals, track status, and react to changes as projects evolve.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Device Action - Remove apps and configuration

Fri, 31 May 2024 22:30:03 Z

Intune will have the ability to temporarily remove apps and config from a single device, and then initiate a restore. This is intended to help solve customers' challenges external to Intune and quickly restore end user productivity.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights - Publish analyst reports to Viva Insights App

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 23:30:49 Z

Viva Insights analysts will be able to publish reports they have created to specific recipients in the Viva Insights app.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - New ChatGPT Enterprise connector to discover and bring prompts and responses into the scope of Purview features

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 23:30:49 Z

Using the unified Purview portal, organizations will be able to establish a connection to their ChatGPT Enterprise workspaces to discover, collect, and store contents of interactions of users with ChatGPT Enterprise into the scope of Purview capabilities and policies.
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: October CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Data control to enable recycling or reuse of Employee IDs

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 23:30:49 Z

By implementing a control for processing Employee IDs, we enable our customers to efficiently recycle or reuse Employee IDs, particularly in scenarios involving rehiring.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - Pulse series for continuous feedback supporting AI transformations and change management

Thu, 18 Jul 2024 23:30:49 Z

New Pulse series templates are being introduced that are tailored to supporting continuous feedback scenarios for high value use cases such as change management.
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

Outlook: Email Auto-advance setting

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 22:30:23 Z

The Email Auto-advance option is available in Mail settings. This will allow users to choose whether they return to the message list after taking certain actions or if they move to the next message.
GA date: November CY2024

Outlook: Image based theming

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:06:06 Z

Outlook for Mac will soon support image-based theming, allowing users to choose an image from a selection available in the General settings.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - Improved DLP policy tip reliability

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:45:01 Z

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows now consistently show the same policy tips that SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business sites have determined should be shown on a file.
GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: June CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Data Loss Prevention - Gain comprehensive summary of Data Loss Prevention alerts with Copilot for Security

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 23:45:26 Z

Copilot for Security is embedded in Data Loss Prevention to summarize alerts to help accelerate data security investigations.
GA date: May CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

SharePoint: SharePoint Premium content AI Graph API in Beta (formerly known as Syntex)

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:15:11 Z

We are releasing new Graph APIs for SharePoint Premium content AI capabilities in Beta (formerly known as Syntex models). You will be able to build applications using these new Graph API calls: get a Syntex model by its name, get a Syntex model by its ID, apply a Syntex model to document libraries, un-apply a Syntex model from document libraries, list all the applied document libraries of a Syntex model, create a document processing job, and get a document processing job.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - Generate Pulse summary with Microsoft Copilot in Viva Pulse

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:30:07 Z

Use Microsoft Copilot in Viva Pulse to receive an AI-generated summary of your results from a Viva Pulse report. Viva Pulse authors can share it with their team members as well use it to promote transparency.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: September CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage – Designated experts in communities

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:30:07 Z

We are introducing the Community Expert in Viva Engage to enhance the trust and utility of knowledge in your communities. Experts will be able to endorse accurate and credible answers and be recognized as community experts with a special label next to their name.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: September CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Enhanced device inventory for Windows devices

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:30:07 Z

Gain more inventory information about your Windows devices. Choose which device properties you want to collect from which device and then view that information for your devices.
GA date: February CY2025

Microsoft Project: Email notifications for late project tasks

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 23:56:38 Z

Task assignees will now get email notification for late Project Tasks
GA date: August CY2023
Preview date: June CY2023

Microsoft Edge: Extending support for viewing MIP Protected PDF Files to different sovereignties (including GCCH)

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:45:00 Z

Sovereign cloud customers (including GCCH) will be able to open MIP protected PDF content in Microsoft Edge. This change will be available in the Microsoft Edge built-in PDF reader powered by Adobe Acrobat and the legacy Microsoft Edge PDF engine.
GA date: October CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Enhanced privacy control: Limiting PII data access to "Data Classification Content Viewer" role

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

With this change, an additional role will be introduced which will be required to "View Source" content and expand on "Sensitive Info Type" surrounding context within Activity Explorer. Only users with the specific role of "Data Classification Content Viewers" will be able to access this sensitive data.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

SharePoint: Creators and recipients can view, track, and sign their SharePoint eSignature requests in Approvals in Teams

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:45:34 Z

Users can track their SharePoint eSignature requests in the Approvals app in Teams. Users will be notified about new requests, updated about ongoing requests, and will be able to initiate signing within their flow of work in Teams.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft 365 admin centers – Manage Teams apps that work on Outlook and Microsoft 365 App

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:15:11 Z

Administrators using the Microsoft 365 admin center and Teams admin center who manage Teams apps that work on Outlook and the Microsoft 365 App will be able to apply their changes across all three clients (Teams, Outlook and Microsoft 365 App). Before this update, changes made through the Integrated Apps section in the Microsoft 365 admin center would only affect these apps on Outlook and the Microsoft 365 App; similarly, changes made in the Teams admin center would exclusively affect Teams. With this change, management of these apps will be unified across Teams, Outlook and Microsoft 365 App.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Enhanced alert and user investigation using Copilot for Security in Insider Risk Management

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:30:44 Z

When investigating alerts within Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management, you can now harness the power of Microsoft Copilot for Security. This tool not only provides concise alert summaries, but it also allows you to delve into specific user activities. By doing so, you can promptly assess whether the user associated with the alert warrants further investigation or if the alert can be safely dismissed. Additionally, with just a click, you can obtain a succinct summary of the user’s risk profile, highlighting crucial details and top risk factors. Leveraging Copilot for Security streamlines investigations, ultimately reducing the triage workload and enabling faster decision making.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Purview AI Hub - Updated permissions

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:30:44 Z

Microsoft Purview AI Hub supports updated permissions including the Microsoft Purview Compliance Administrator role group, Microsoft Purview Security Reader role group, and Microsoft Purview Content Viewer Content Explorer.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: August CY2024

SharePoint: Out-of-the-box document library templates

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 23:03:08 Z

We are bringing the goodness of List templates to SharePoint document libraries. Creating document libraries will now be a breeze with our ready-made templates with scenario relevant content, structure, metadata, and content types - all to save you time and maintain broader consistency across your content management organization.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Bing search integration brings the power of the web to your chats in Word

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:15:11 Z

Ask Copilot a question in Word chat and Copilot generates an answer using the power of integrated Bing search. And you never have to leave the app.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Bring the latest from your organization into your Word chats with Microsoft Copilot Graph-grounded search

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:15:11 Z

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Real-time policy tuning analysis

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:15:05 Z

Policy tuning analysis provides admins with a real-time policy alert prediction based on the number of users in a tenant that could potentially match a given set of policy conditions. It helps organizations efficiently adjust the selection of indicators and thresholds of activity occurrence, so they don’t have too few or too many alerts from a policy. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: March CY2025

Minecraft Education: Minecraft Education Summer Release

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:00:38 Z

The next major update for Minecraft Education will include support for preview applications which can be installed side-by-side with the main Minecraft Education application. This update will add OneDrive-based cloud world storage for backup of worlds. It will also include the major features from Minecraft 1.21 such as trial chambers, breezes, and armadillos. More features will be announced soon!
GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: February CY2024

Outlook: Shortcuts to copy and paste emails (Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V) in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 23:15:00 Z

Users will be able to copy and paste emails in Outlook using the shortcuts Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V, allowing them to quickly transfer emails to the desired folder, streamlining workflow, and enhancing productivity. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: App centric management for app deployment in Teams Admin Center

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:45:21 Z

App centric management for app deployment will introduce a new admin setting to control who in the tenant has specific Teams apps preinstalled. Similar to app assignments, admins will be able to select from three options: 'Deployed to all users', 'Deployed to specific users and groups', or 'Deployed to no users'. This feature replaces the existing Installed apps section of app setup policies and provides admins with the ability to manage app deployment individually. The Installed apps section of app setup policies for existing customers will be migrated to maintain existing admin settings in the tenant.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Stream: Suggested M365 content in Callouts

Mon, 20 May 2024 23:15:02 Z

This feature is an improvement on the Interactivity feature in Microsoft Stream, where users with edit access can add document and other links to Callouts at specific times in a video. The goal of the improvement is to make creating and editing of interactive videos easier and quicker for editors by suggesting resources to link based on their M365 user activity. If there are no relevant suggestions, this allows them to search for resources to make their videos interactive from within Microsoft Stream.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Stream: Interactivity analytics

Mon, 20 May 2024 23:15:02 Z

This feature gives audience engagement metrics on interactive Stream videos. Users with edit access to a Stream video that contains links, polls, or callouts will be able to see the number of unique viewers and the percentage of those who viewed or clicked on interactive elements in the video, as well as average number of interactions and average attention time. These metrics help video owners understand which content is most engaging.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - OCR support in Insider Risk Management

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 23:19:22 Z

With this update, Insider Risk Management will support the scanning technique of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to detect potentially risky activities that may lead to data security incidents related to images in SharePoint, Teams messages, and endpoints. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. Note: The launch dates were incorrect and have now been changed to reflect the correct state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Note: The launch state was incorrect and has now been changed to reflect the correct state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: July CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal : Insider Risk Management – Real-time policy tuning analysis

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:09:55 Z

Policy tuning analysis provides admins with a real-time prediction based on the number of users that could match a given set of policy conditions. It helps organizations efficiently adjust the selection of indicators and thresholds of activity occurrence, so they don’t have too few or too many alerts from a policy. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/compliance/insider-risk-management?view=o365-worldwide
GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: April CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management- OCR support in Insider Risk Management

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 23:04:25 Z

With this update, Insider Risk Management will support the scanning technique of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to detect potentially risky activities that may lead to data security incidents related to images in SharePoint, Teams messages, and endpoints. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

GA date: June CY2025

Outlook: OneDrive for Business Opens in-app for Outlook on the web

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:30:38 Z

Quickly access your OneDrive without having to leave Outlook! Previously, the OneDrive button in Outlook opened a new tab for OneDrive; with this change, you will see OneDrive inline for a consistent and fast experience.

GA date: February CY2024
Preview date: January CY2024

Microsoft 365 app: Use sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365 apps when connected experiences are disabled

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 23:45:19 Z

Your organization can now disable connected experiences for privacy concerns without impacting data security policies, such as sensitivity labels. Services associated with Microsoft Purview (e.g. sensitivity labels and rights management) are no longer controlled by policy settings to manage privacy controls for Microsoft 365 Apps. Instead, these services will rely on their existing security admin controls in Purview portals.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Forms: Supports live data sync to Excel

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 00:15:10 Z

Microsoft Forms supports quickly and easily syncing form responses to an Excel file. Now you’ll always have the latest information, updated automatically, so you can leverage the full range of Excel functions to analyze your data and collab with your peers.
GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: January CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints - Cloud egress groups (macOS)

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Restrict sensitive files that match your policies from being shared with unrestricted cloud service domains. Restrict the use of specified web browsers, identified by their executable names. The specified browsers are blocked from accessing files that match the conditions of an enforced a DLP policy where the upload-to-cloud services restriction is set to block or block override.
GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: View only mode in Viva Engage

Wed, 01 May 2024 23:15:54 Z

Engage admins will have the ability to change users' access to view only mode. In view only mode, users can access and view content in Engage, but cannot comment, react, or create new posts.
GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage change log for leaders and audiences identified

Wed, 15 May 2024 23:30:02 Z

Admins and corporate communicators will be able to see any leaders who were added or removed in Viva Engage, as well as any audiences and removed from a leader in Viva Engage.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Turn On/Off notifications for a post

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 23:30:43 Z

Users will now be able to opt in/opt-out from receiving notifications for a post in a channel.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Excel – Copilot works on any selection

Fri, 24 May 2024 22:00:42 Z

Copilot will enable the edit box on any worksheet regardless of selection. Copilot will reason over the nearest table or data range to the customer’s selected grid area on the same worksheet.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Excel – Support for Data Ranges Resembling Tables

Fri, 24 May 2024 22:00:42 Z

Copilot can now reason over data ranges with a single row of headers on top, even when they’re not Excel tables.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Purview AI Hub - Prompts and responses

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:30:36 Z

Within Microsoft Purview AI Hub, prompts and responses will appear for AI interaction events.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Administrative units support

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:06:33 Z

Administrative units allow admins with appropriate permissions to subdivide the organization into smaller units, and then assign specific admins or role groups that can manage only the members of those units. For example, German administrators can only create/manage policies for only German users, and German investigators can only investigate alerts and activities from only German users. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: February CY2025
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - New Teams Logs for Microsoft Purview Audit Standard Users

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 23:35:33 Z

GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Outlook: Drag and drop to download attachments and emails in the new Outlook for Windows

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 01:00:33 Z

Users can drag and drop attachments and emails from the new Outlook for Windows to their desktops or local folders to download them directly to that location. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Excel – Formula Conditional Formatting

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:15:11 Z

Additional support for complex conditional formats beyond the basic top and bottom or conditional operators. For example, Copilot analyzes two factors when highlighting all rows where the product is bikes and sales is greater than 100.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Speaker recognition and attribution for all Teams Rooms on Windows

Tue, 30 Apr 2024 23:30:01 Z

Intelligent speaker recognition is being enabled for all Teams Rooms on Windows environments, with intelligent speakers or on existing speakers via the cloud. This feature identifies and attributes people in live transcripts, utilizing a unique "voiceprint" for each participant. Copilot in Teams can deliver meeting summaries, insights, and action items attributing contributions to individual speakers. Users can enroll voices in the Teams Desktop. Learn more at the link below.
More info: https://aka.ms/voiceprofile
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel - Custom chart and PivotTable creation

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:15:25 Z

You can now ask for more specific charts and PivotTables, including specifying the x and y axis of charts.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Prevent user from sharing content in externally hosted meetings (Premium)

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 23:15:00 Z

If a user attends a meeting hosted by an external tenant, the IT admin of the person attending the externally hosted meeting can decide in which externally hosted meetings the user can share their content.
GA date: May CY2024

Outlook: Cloud-based Message Recall on Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows for GCC, GCC High, and DoD

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:18:08 Z

We will be enabling Cloud-based Message Recall on Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows, a feature that is already available in world-wide multitenant, for customers in GCC, GCC High, and DoD. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Copilot assisted goal update in Viva Goals

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 01:45:14 Z

Easily generate a draft update for a goal with less effort by synthesizing progress and status and form subgoals and related work tailored to your preferences through a selection of dynamic check-in templates.
GA date: April CY2025
Preview date: March CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals - M365 Copilot plugin to search and catch up on goals

Fri, 01 Mar 2024 01:45:14 Z

The M365 Copilot plugin for Viva Goals empowers you to effortlessly search and pull quick summaries of your team's OKRs right within Teams. Stay ahead of the game by identifying key risks based on the progress and status of your team's OKRs, all seamlessly integrated into the flow of work. Unleash the potential of combining Viva Goals data with M365 information, providing your team with a holistic view for improved productivity and collaboration.
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: January CY2025

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Forms can generate quizzes from provided materials

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:45:21 Z

Generating quizzes from provided materials is one of the most commonly requested features in the education industry, and it is now available in Forms. To save time, users can create quizzes from documents, textbooks, or notes using Copilot. Copilot can create draft quizzes based on the provided materials and users' prompts.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Copilot assisted goal authoring with Context IQ grounding

Wed, 08 May 2024 23:45:39 Z

When generating goals, users will be able to add more than one file from context IQ suggestions as references in their prompts to Copilot.
GA date: April CY2025
Preview date: January CY2025

Microsoft Teams: School Connection – Providing access to parents via their phone number

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:15:18 Z

The School Connection app in Microsoft Teams (mobile) empowers parents and guardians to engage, support, and monitor their student's learning at school. This release enables a parent/guardian to get access to their child’s profile in School Connection if they login to Teams (mobile) with their phone number and the school has registered that phone number as a parent/guardian contact. Additionally, a parent/guardian will easily get access to their child’s profile if the phone number or email address that is registered by the school is saved as a login information in their Microsoft account. Learn more about School Connection at the link below.
More info: https://parent.microsoft.com/
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Use the Egress API to provide learner access to “My Learning” records

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 23:15:01 Z

The Egress API can be used by learners to view their My Learning records and corresponding course details.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft 365: Microsoft 365 Backup Storage

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 22:15:31 Z

The new Microsoft 365 Backup Storage API enables developers to build customized versions of their applications that are integrated with the Microsoft 365 Backup Storage platform. This helps to ensure exceptionally fast recovery from typical business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) scenarios, such as ransomware attacks, accidental/malicious deletion, or overwriting of content by employees.
GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: False positive email release from Quarantine through threat explorer, email summary panel, advanced hunting, and custom detection email entity page take action

Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:18:04 Z

SecOps can now mange False positives and take move to inbox (i.e. release) quarantined messages from Threat explorer, advanced hunting, custom detection and Email entity page without the need to tab out to the Quarantine portal to take the action.
More info: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-defender-for-office/announcing-quarantine-release-integration-in-microsoft-defender/ba-p/4198601
GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Tenant Allow Block list in GCC, GCCH, and DoD

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 22:15:32 Z

All the Tenant Allow/Block functionality as present in WW environment will be available to admins and security analyst of GCC, GCCH, and DoD.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints - Archive File Support for Mac Endpoints

Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:15:37 Z

DLP will inspect the content of every archive file when it is created, modified, or read. On inspection, all the files (of supported file format) within the archive file will be classified and evaluated against active DLP policies. After, the archive file will get the applicable auditing/enforcement policy applied to it.
GA date: May CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Draggable Presenter Toolbar while screensharing

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:15:43 Z

Introducing the ability for presenters to freely drag Presenter Toolbar appearing on top of screen while screensharing.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft Viva – Dashboard in Viva Insights to become available with Copilot for Microsoft 365

Mon, 13 May 2024 23:15:36 Z

In the coming months, the Microsoft Copilot Dashboard will become available to all Copilot for Microsoft 365 customers at no additional cost and will not require a Viva or Viva Insights license. Users will be able to access the dashboard in the Viva Insights app in Microsoft Teams or the web app.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Webinar presenter orderability on event page

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 23:30:43 Z

Users can now customize the list of presenters in the webinar event page via drag and drop functionality. This option can be found under the "Presenter Bio" section of the webinar set-up dialog box.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals – Copilot assisted catch up on important work related to goals

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 23:30:34 Z

Copilot in Viva Goals helps users in finding and catching up on documents, meetings, chats, emails, and work related to all or a subset of the goals in view
GA date: April CY2025
Preview date: January CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Goals – Copilot assisted summarization and catch up on goals

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 23:30:34 Z

Copilot in Viva Goals helps you save time by generating a comprehensive summary with tone, length of your preference for one or more goals in the view, allowing you to quickly catch up on and share your goal status and progress with leaders, stakeholders, and your team
GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Set survey be closed at a specific time.

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 23:43:50 Z

Allowing Glint Admins to close an active survey at a specific time instead of the default end-of-day (12:00 AM).
GA date: December CY2024

OneDrive: Admins can configure a group policy to block specific folders from OneDrive Sync

Wed, 04 Oct 2023 07:00:00 Z

In addition to being able to configure a group policy to exclude specific files or file extensions from Syncing with OneDrive, admins can now exclude folders as well. End-users will be able to see the excluded folders in the Sync configuration applied to them via their OneDrive Advanced Settings.

GA date: June CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Ability to rename the policy and rule names in DLP

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:15:55 Z

This feature gives the ability for the DLP admin to rename the existing policy/rule without having to create the entire the rule or policy again.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: 45 days after last used for Allow

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 23:15:04 Z

Admins can configure allows to be removed after 45 days from the last used date. This way they can keep ensuring the delivery of the emails till the filtering has learned.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Ability to rename the policy and rule names in DLP

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 23:15:25 Z

This feature gives the ability for the DLP admin to rename the existing policy/rule without having to create the entire the rule or policy again.
GA date: February CY2025

Microsoft Edge: Microsoft Edge for Business - Customize organizational branding using Edge Management Service

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 23:15:00 Z

Admins can customize their organization's branding assets through Microsoft Edge management service onto Edge for Business. Admins can enable and configure branding onto profile-related UI for profiles signed in with an Entra ID (formerly known as Azure Active Directory) account. You can configure your organization’s details such as name to the profile pill; name, logo, and brand color to the profile flyout; and logo to overlay the Edge for Business taskbar icon. This branding can help users more easily differentiate between multiple profiles and browser windows. This Microsoft Edge management service will give admins an enhanced experience to control, preview, and customize assets.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-for-business#company-branding
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Meeting details displayed on pre-join screen

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 23:30:08 Z

Available for in-tenant participants, the meeting pre-join screen will now include contextual information about the meeting like meeting title, scheduled start time, scheduled end time, and number of participants who have joined the call.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Message result suggestions when typing to search

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 23:30:01 Z

You will now see message result suggestions when formulating a query. You can also narrow down search results to "messages" helping you quickly find Teams message content most relevant for you.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Forms: Define criteria for validating responses to open-text questions in Microsoft Forms

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:28 Z

Now you can set specific requirements for answers to open-text questions. You can ensure the answer is an email address, URL, contains certain keywords, must be number or text, etc.
GA date: July CY2024

OneNote: Editor Text Predictions

Fri, 19 May 2023 22:09:28 Z

When you compose or edit content in OneNote, Editor Text Predictions anticipates your writing and suggests a suitable word or phrase inline. This saves time and helps you reduce typos.
GA date: July CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) Jobs report - access for eDiscovery Manager

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 23:08:55 Z

The access to the Jobs Report in eDiscovery (Premium) will be extended to eDiscovery Managers. eD Managers will be able to view the tenant wide quota available and list of jobs in the cases they have access to.
GA date: January CY2024
Preview date: January CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Copilot in Viva Learning

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 23:00:39 Z

Copilot in Viva Learning will act as a virtual learning companion, assisting users throughout their learning journey and providing personalized guidance, recommendations, and the ability to take actions. Users will be able to leverage Copilot to preview and consume courses from Copilot’s search results, create learning collections in a single click, and see highly relevant search results by asking questions in natural language. Copilot will be visible to users on the Home page, My Learning tab, course details pages, and on Academies.
GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Video drafting in Copilot powered by Clipchamp

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 23:15:01 Z

Clipchamp brings video creation skills to Copilot. Type your prompt and Clipchamp will write a bespoke script, source high quality stock footage, and assemble a video project with music, voiceover, text overlays and transitions. Open your video project draft in the Clipchamp app to continue to edit, export, and share. This feature is great for informational videos, video messaging, how-to videos, demos, and video presentations.
GA date: September CY2024

SharePoint: Using Data Access Governance to understand the tenant's current permission landscape

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 23:15:01 Z

SharePoint admins can now use Data Access Governance (DAG) to understand their tenant's current permission landscape and make better decisions regarding applications based on permissions such as Copilot. DAG now provides a report that will reflect the latest state of permissions in the entire tenant and return sites that have a greater count of permissioned users than the SharePoint admin specified number. This count considers users accessing sites via site membership and users accessing via unique permissions, as well and acts like a potential threshold for oversharing. Along with the permissioned user count, the report also provides information on the number of existing sharing links (Anyone and People-in-your-org) in those sites and enables SharePoint admins to identify potential root causes for oversharing. You can find more details about this report at the link below.
More info: https://aka.ms/DAGReportOnPermissions
GA date: September CY2024

SharePoint: Site Access Review offers a way for SharePoint tenants to empower site owners using Data Access Governance

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 23:15:01 Z

SharePoint admins can use Data Access Governance reports to discover potential oversharing within their tenant. Once discovered, SharePoint admins can now request that site owners review permissions using the specific context of that report from within the report. They can also track all such requests raised from a central location. The site owners will receive a corresponding email and are redirected to a section within the site (site reviews) that clearly enunciates the corresponding data related to sharing and permissions along with the ability to take action. This feature is now available for Data Access Governance - Permissions based reports - count of permissioned user report.
More info: https://aka.ms/DAGSiteAccessReviews
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Viva: List-based Forms card for Viva Connections Dashboard

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 23:15:01 Z

This feature will allow operators to add a card for any form/survey created for data collection on the Viva Connections Dashboard for attention and quick action.
GA date: November CY2024

Outlook: Calendar support in Online Archive

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 23:15:01 Z

Add calendar support in Online Archive.
GA date: June CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal : Insider Risk Management – Bring your own detections

Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:09:52 Z

Allow customers to bring their own user activity indicators from homegrown, SIEM/UEBA platforms, or other line-of-business applications, and leverage them in existing Insider Risk Management playbooks. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/insider-risk-management?view=o365-worldwide
GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: June CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Slash Commands

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 22:30:22 Z

User will be able to type slash in Teams compose box and select a command, helping them complete their task quickly.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Named entity coverage for additional markets and languages

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 23:33:43 Z

Named entities are sensitive information types (SITs) that can’t easily be identified by a regular expression or a function; these include person names, physical addresses, and medical terms and conditions. This update expands name and address coverage to an additional 7 countries, such as China and Russia, and expands medical terms and conditions (specifically for the Diseases SIT) to an additional 29 languages covering much of Europe, China, Japan, and Korea.

GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Named entity coverage for additional markets and languages (U.S. Government clouds)

Fri, 15 Sep 2023 22:05:59 Z

GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Priority account chat controls (Premium)

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 22:13:11 Z

Administrators will be able to manage priority account chat controls using a policy setting. This enables end users to decide how to handle unwanted internal communications. End users will be notified about chats from new contacts, giving them a choice to accept or block the conversations. If conversations are blocked, all future messages from the sender will no longer be received. Senders can be unblocked at anytime by the users with these policies. This feature is available with a Teams Premium add-on license.

GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) - App Permissions for Graph API

Fri, 30 Jun 2023 21:09:10 Z

Now organizations who are automating eDiscovery workflows will be able to authenticate and execute workflows with an application based authentication method.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Support for static and adaptive policy scopes for auto-apply retention labels targeting SITs in Exchange

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 23:21:08 Z

Auto-apply retention labels targeting sensitive information types in Exchange will now support static include/exclude and adaptive policy scopes. Previously admins could only target all Exchange mailboxes.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery - App Permissions for Graph API

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 23:13:54 Z

Now organizations who are automating eDiscovery workflows will be able to authenticate and execute workflows with an application based authentication method.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Insider risk insights in DLP alerts

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 23:08:52 Z

With this update, a DLP analyst with the right permissions can access an insider risk summary of user activities that may lead to potential data security incidents, as a part of the DLP alert investigation experience in Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Defender. This feature can help analysts gain context of a DLP alert and make more informed decisions on responses to potential incidents. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

Outlook: Global Address List updates in new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the Web

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:17:18 Z

We are making some adjustments to the GAL search and browse experiences. Users will be asked to type in more characters to refine their search in some cases. There will be some other visual improvements in error messaging. Another way to find recipients is by using the suggestion dropdown picker in the To/Cc/Bcc lines. #newoutlookforwindows.
GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Simulation mode for DLP

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:15:55 Z

With this capability, Admins will be able to try a Microsoft Purview DLP policy, assess its impact, and fine tune the policy as required in an isolated environment. This will help Admins build confidence in the configuration of the policy and reduce the policy enforcement time.
GA date: May CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management-Insider risk insights in DLP alerts

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:15:43 Z

Outlook: Share to Teams will be added to the ribbon in the new Outlook for Windows

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 23:15:20 Z

Users will now be able to find a "Share to Teams" button in the ribbon whenever they select an email in the reading pane. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Apps now supported in group chats with external users

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 23:15:22 Z

Users can now access applications in group chats with individuals outside their organization, fostering improved collaboration, interactivity, and productivity. The group chat’s host involving external participants can install, remove, or update applications for use by all members.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Stream: Changes to version history for Stream videos

Tue, 28 May 2024 23:30:14 Z

Stream (on SharePoint) video files tend to be large and consume considerable space against your OneDrive and SharePoint storage quotas. Currently, when you make changes to video metadata, such as adjustments to the video title, description, transcript, chapters, interactivity, thumbnails, or media settings, those changes trigger a new version (that includes both the video and metadata) to be created and stored in the version history for that file. Each of these versions consumes storage that counts towards your storage quota. To reduce the storage footprint driven by small changes, we are adjusting how Stream (on SharePoint) handles versions. Soon we will release an update to Stream version history. Once released, any changes made to the metadata of Stream files will no longer trigger an entirely new version in the file's version history. Instead, it will update the metadata of the most current version of the video in version history. If you edit the video itself, then a new version that includes both the video and metadata will be created and stored in the version history. Note: The update to Stream version history applies to Stream videos stored in OneDrive and SharePoint. SharePoint is also introducing new version history limits and controls that help tenant and site admins or document library owners reduce the storage footprint driven by low value file versions. These new version history limits and controls will only apply to Stream videos if changes to the video are made from within a SharePoint document library without opening the video in Stream (e.g. a file name change from within a SharePoint doc library). See Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 145802 for more information on version history limits and controls.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Teams premium feature usage report for administrators in Teams admin center (Premium)

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:15:18 Z

Teams Premium feature usage report in the Microsoft Teams admin center (TAC) will help administrators understand the usage of various Teams Premium features across users in their organization.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: new role added for built-in Compliance Administrator, Organization Management, Purview Administrators role groups

Fri, 31 May 2024 22:30:03 Z

Microsoft Purview provides a unified solution for managing data security, governance, compliance, and privacy across your organization's landscape. Specific Microsoft Purview built-in role groups are being extended with a new role to prepare for upcoming features and capabilities relevant to those role groups: Compliance Administrator, Organization Management, and Purview Administrators role groups. This change will not disrupt the current capabilities for these role groups; it will enable admins in these built-in groups to manage Purview resources within Purview administrative unit scopes in the future.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Excel – Preview and "Apply" changes suggested by Copilot

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 18:30:38 Z

Previously, when a user asked Copilot to make changes to their table data, Copilot would make the changes directly. Now, Copilot will respond with a description of the planned changes, along with a button to "Apply". Users can choose to refine before applying. This provides more user awareness and control over Copilot's changes.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Delegate Onboarding

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:26 Z

The Delegate Onboarding feature aims to streamline the process of assigning delegate and delegate manager roles within the Viva Engage platform. By allowing users to request delegate permissions from delegators directly, the feature seeks to reduce the cognitive load and time costs associated with the current manual process, ultimately facilitating faster and more efficient delegate assignments.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage – Verified Answers

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:26 Z

Certain users like experts and admins will be able to mark answers to questions as verified answers to signal a credible and accurate answer. Questions with verified answers will receive its own special verified label and badge at the top of the question and on the verified answer. The goal of verified answers is to help enhance the trust and utility of knowledge in Viva Engage.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage – Questions surfacing in Copilot results

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:26 Z

Viva Engage questions from communities, storyline, and Answers will surface in Copilot results.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage – Engage content surfacing in Copilot results

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:26 Z

Community discussion posts from Viva Engage will surface in Copilot results.
GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

PowerPoint: present local files from PowerPoint app to PowerPoint Live in Teams

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 23:31:21 Z

The "Present in Teams" button in PowerPoint apps has extended its support to present local files to PowerPoint Live in Microsoft Teams.

GA date: July CY2023
Preview date: July CY2023

Outlook: Stream videos can now be watched inline in Outlook

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:26:56 Z

We’re introducing the ability to watch Stream videos inline in Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows. Soon, if someone pastes a Stream video link in a supported Outlook app and sends it to you, you will be able to watch it directly in your inbox. The videos will play inline for recipients within the same organization, meaning you will not have to leave Outlook to watch the video. Recipients outside the organization, and those not using the new Outlook or web, will see a link to the video which they can watch in the Stream web app (depending on the organization’s file sharing settings). Note: We have updated the Release Phase to show the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints - Ability to fetch the original file resulting in a DLP policy match as evidence (Microsoft managed storage)

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:30:11 Z

With this capability, Admins can choose to store a copy of the file that resulted in a DLP policy match. The admin uses this data to analyze the contents to confirm the full set of data that was exfiltrated to assess severity. To configure Microsoft managed storage, similar to customer managed storage, the user can go to endpoint DLP settings and select Microsoft managed storage. As compared to customer managed storage, the admin need not configure any additional settings like adding a blob, assigning permissions, or selecting storage in policy workflow.

GA date: February CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

Outlook: Shared Mailboxes as Accounts

Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:15:03 Z

Shared Mailboxes can be added as Accounts in the new Outlook for Windows. The Shared Mailbox will appear at the Account Level in the Folder list. Access to the Shared Mailbox requires the user's credentials and associated permissions. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Intune: Enrollment time grouping for Android Enterprise Corporate devices

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 23:00:44 Z

Enrollment time grouping for Android Enterprise Corporate devices ensures targeted apps and policies get to devices faster and reduce latency of device setup.
GA date: January CY2025

SharePoint: New Content AI Rules in SharePoint to set sensitivity labels and retention policy

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 23:00:44 Z

We are pleased to announce the establishment of two new rules for content AI in SharePoint. These rules can be triggered by a change in column data or the addition of a file to a SharePoint library. They will enable users to apply a retention policy and a sensitivity label, as predefined in Purview, to documents that meet the specified conditions.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Town halls in Government Community Cloud (GCC)

Wed, 22 May 2024 23:30:29 Z

Set up and host large scale events across a GCC organization with the familiar Teams app you use for webinars and meetings using Town hall. Town hall capabilities include a new meeting template, capacity for up to 10k attendees, third-party eCDN support, green room, manage what attendees see, RTMP-in, live translated captions and more.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Town halls in Government Community Cloud (GCC) (Premium)

Wed, 22 May 2024 23:30:29 Z

Set up and host large scale events across a GCC organization with the familiar Teams app you use for webinars and meetings using Town hall. Town hall capabilities include a new meeting template, capacity for up to 20k attendees, third-party eCDN support, green room, manage what attendees see, RTMP-in, live translated captions and more.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Optical character recognition (OCR) support for endpoint

Fri, 04 Aug 2023 22:05:23 Z

Optical character recognition (OCR) support will detect sensitive content in images and subsequently apply data loss prevention (DLP) policies to prevent exfiltration of that sensitive data on your Windows endpoint devices. This release supports key file types like JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP and PDF (image only PDF).

GA date: November CY2024

Outlook: The new Outlook for Windows - Offline support for mail actions and compose

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 23:04:33 Z

The first set of offline capabilities in the new Outlook for Windows. Mail, calendar events, and contacts will be stored on your device, so you can view them even when you're not connected to the internet. Additionally, you can perform key actions on your mail, including flag, move, and delete, and compose messages, to stay productive even when you're not connected to the internet. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Transfer Teams calls to mobile calls

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:45:34 Z

When using Teams on mobile phones, users can now transfer their ongoing Teams calls to the phone's native dialer, without any disruption or loss of context.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot for Microsoft 365 now available in the Microsoft Start app

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 23:15:03 Z

Users with a Copilot for Microsoft 365 license will be able to receive answers grounded in their organizational Graph data with the Microsoft Start app. The app is available for iOS and Android.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Approvals Graph API's

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:45:13 Z

The Approvals Graph APIs allows developers to create and manage Approvals from any application. This set of APIs allows users to integrate Approvals with line of business application and automate creation and updates of approvals.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot for PowerPoint will help you build your story's narrative

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 23:15:02 Z

Steer your narrative with Copilot when creating a PowerPoint presentation.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Automatically turn on auto-labeling policy

Thu, 14 Sep 2023 22:50:18 Z

Admins can configure their auto-labeling policies to be automatically turned on if there aren't any changes to the policy within a set number of days from simulation completion. This configuration option will be available in the auto-labeling policy setup in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal and via cmdlet.
GA date: September CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery - Compliance boundary cmdlet tool for managing compliance boundary property

Tue, 21 May 2024 23:15:05 Z

This cmdlet allows users to verify the compliance boundary property of a specific OneDrive site, ensuring that the value is correctly configured. If the property is not set or if the site is in arbitration, users can use this cmdlet to assign the property value for the site for compliance boundary to take effect.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: New expanded gallery view option for minimized meeting window

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 23:15:46 Z

When meeting window is minimized, participants can enlarge the small view of Teams meeting to a new bigger gallery view, making it easier to multitask on screen and stay aware of meeting events. Users can choose the size of the minimized gallery view window from the following options: one participant visible in the minimized window, 4 participants visible in the minimized window, fully minimized, or fully expanded.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery - Compliance boundary cmdlet tool for managing compliance boundary property

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:15:18 Z

Microsoft Teams: Pre-pin meeting apps via Admin Policy in the Teams admin center

Wed, 31 May 2023 23:25:55 Z

Admins can now pre-pin meetings apps for users (much like personal apps and messaging extensions) in the Teams admin center

GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: A single desktop app for all user types

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:15:19 Z

Microsoft Teams on Windows and Mac will support every type of Teams account (work, school or personal) in a single desktop application.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Purview Activity Explorer - Limiting sensitive data access to "Data Classification Content Viewer" role

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:30:00 Z

OneDrive: Sync admin reports - GCC

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:15:35 Z

We are adding support for the OneDrive Sync admin reports for the GCC environment.
GA date: August CY2024

SharePoint: Microsoft Lists - Be notified about new form responses on Lists

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 22:00:51 Z

Lists forms users can subscribe to be notified of new responses on their forms. By default, this would be toggled off, but a form collaborator can toggle on and receive an email notification for every new response on that form after.
GA date: September CY2024

SharePoint: Microsoft Lists - Schedule turning on and off responses to forms

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 22:00:51 Z

List form owners and collaborators can schedule specific dates and times to start and stop accepting responses. The form will be active during the designated period and will automatically stop accepting responses once the scheduled end time is reached.
GA date: September CY2024

SharePoint: Microsoft Lists - Add attachments to forms

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 22:00:51 Z

Users will be able to add attachment fields to enhance their list forms. This feature allows users to upload files directly to the form, providing additional context or necessary documentation.
GA date: November CY2024

SharePoint: Microsoft Lists - Conditional branching in Microsoft Lists forms

Fri, 09 Aug 2024 22:00:51 Z

Microsoft Lists forms will enable users to create dynamic forms featuring branching and conditional logic. This update allows users to customize their forms to display relevant questions based on conditions applied to previous responses, empowering them to design smarter forms that adapt to their data collection needs.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery Premium-Enhancements to eDiscovery experience for Microsoft Forms content

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 23:08:55 Z

Now admins can search for Microsoft Forms content specifically within their collections, see the full metadata associated to those items including the Form title, and review both the original Form and responses to the Form as related items within both review and export. Simplification and ease of use for managing Forms content via eDiscovery will help reduce the pain points of challenging discovery process and improve the confidence of organizations using Forms for critical tasks that may require eDiscovery capabilities.

GA date: May CY2024
Preview date: December CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery - eDiscovery premium: Enhancements to eDiscovery experience for Microsoft Forms content

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:30:56 Z

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Prompt suggestions in Copilot chat

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 23:00:27 Z

Get started in Copilot chat quickly with automatic prompt suggestions that enhance your productivity by providing relevant and context-aware prompts based on your previous interactions.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance: Recommended policy scope

Fri, 22 Apr 2022 22:14:39 Z

Leverage policy scope insights to understand the aggregated volume of policy violations that are missed from users that are not currently scoped into the policy. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/communication-compliance?view=o365-worldwide
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: July CY2023

Outlook: Mobile – In-app Contact Editor

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:15:43 Z

This update implements a new contact editor experience, replacing the use of the native device experience. This gives users the ability to create and edit their contacts with a 1st Party form in Outlook mobile.
GA date: April CY2024

SharePoint: Change history reports

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 22:30:22 Z

Create custom reports to monitor changes made to the SharePoint configuration across various levels of your organization. Review CSV reports of site actions or organization setting changes made within the last 180 days.
GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints - Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on Mac Endpoints

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 23:30:14 Z

In Purview policies like Data loss prevention (DLP), auto labelling can scan for sensitive content in most of the textual files, but images are not supported for content scanning today on Mac endpoint devices. We are adding OCR support on Mac endpoints to detect sensitive content in images and apply policies to protect these images.
GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Outlook: Time Suggestions Update

Tue, 21 May 2024 23:15:05 Z

We are improving how suggested times are shown when scheduling a meeting. We are removing the automatically shown suggested times and instead you will need to enable a switch - Find a time - if you want to see suggested times. If you enable the toggle, the new availability view on time suggestion tiles will make it easier to find a suitable time with more clarity on everyone's availability. This update will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: July CY2024

Planner: Recommended Plans

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:28 Z

We are introducing a new Recommended view in Planner in Teams to help you discover plans with tasks assigned to you that you haven't viewed yet, enhancing task management efficiency and providing seamless prioritization of your workload.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Planner: Resize columns in Grid view

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 23:30:54 Z

Introducing column resize control in Microsoft Planner. Now you can tailor your view by adjusting column widths, giving you the flexibility to focus on the details that matter most.
GA date: August CY2024

SharePoint: Enhancing SharePoint document translation with glossary feature

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 23:15:23 Z

We’re thrilled to announce the addition of a glossary capability to our SharePoint AI content document translation model. This feature delivers precise, industry-specific translations, fostering unparalleled clarity and consistency for your documents. Experience effortless integration and user-friendly operation within your existing SharePoint libraries.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Updates to Gallery View in Teams Meetings

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 23:24:27 Z

The updated Gallery View places everyone in tiles of equal size by default (16:9 ratio) whether their video is on or off. Users can also easily change their gallery size, choose to prioritize tiles with video-on, and remove their tile from the main gallery. When a Microsoft Teams Room joins the meeting, video is optimized by enlarging the size by default and users can re-size via the contextual menu. Available only in the new Microsoft Teams experience.

GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Organizers can select languages for translation in a town hall

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

Town hall organizers will be able to select the caption languages that will be available to the attendees for translation. Currently the languages are preset for attendees to pick from; now organizers will be able to select the six translated languages available to attendees.
GA date: March CY2024

Outlook: Junk/Phishing reporting actions integrated with Microsoft Defender in classic Outlook for Windows

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 23:15:20 Z

The appearance and behavior of Report Phishing/Report Junk actions in classic Outlook for Windows can be controlled by admins using User Reported Settings in security.microsoft.com. Admins will be able to control whether these Report actions appear in Outlook, where these messages get reported to, and whether the user is prompted when they report phishing or junk. Admins will also be able to customize text and other aspects of the dialogs that appear before and after users' report phishing or junk.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Organizers can select languages for translation in a town hall (Premium)

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:15:15 Z

Town hall organizers will be able to select the caption languages that will be available to the attendees for translation. Currently the languages are preset for attendees to pick from; now organizers will be able to select the 10 translated languages available to attendees.
GA date: March CY2024

Outlook: Aggregated Reactions Count in Message List in new Outlook for Windows and web

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 23:00:37 Z

We will be showing the count of Reactions aggregated across all items in the conversation in the Message List. This new feature will be available on Outlook on the web and the New Outlook for Windows. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: February CY2024

Outlook: New "Categorized email" and "Mail from specific people" search folders will be supported in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:45:34 Z

Search folders are virtual folders that provide a view of all email items that match specific search criteria. We will introduce two new Search Folders: Categorized email search folders let you easily filter emails by assigned categories enhancing inbox organization. Mail from specific people search folders let you automatically collect and organize emails from designated senders or contacts. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Workflows – Easier discoverability of Workflows templates

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:45:13 Z

Users will be able to discover which Workflows template was used when they receive a Workflows card in chats and channels. Teams Workflow cards posted from a template will now include a link to the template used. Users will be able to open the workflow template and create their own automated Teams workflows to save them time when completing routine tasks.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Advanced trainable classifiers to detect workplace safety scenarios

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:30:05 Z

New detections are being added to Communication Compliance that enables you to build safer online environments by detecting potential hate and violence then assigning severity scores to unsafe text across languages. These classifiers are built using large language models. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect business conduct and regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: June CY2025

Microsoft Clipchamp: New feature for silence removal (pauses) in Clipchamp

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 00:30:40 Z

We think editing your video could be a quick job but isn't necessarily so sometimes. Silence removal uses AI auto transcription to transcribe your audio. We infer pauses in your speech transcription and any gaps in the speech we detected for more than 3 seconds is considered a pause. We provide you with the option to remove all pauses at once with a single click or to review each pause where you can adjust and consider ones you want to keep.
GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel chat helper

Thu, 23 May 2024 23:15:08 Z

Customers can get more conversational answers to a broader range of Excel-related questions and prompts from Copilot. For example, the customer can ask how to accomplish a task and Copilot will respond with helpful steps that may include formulas to copy and use. In some cases, Copilot may explain a formula error and supply the corrected formula plus additional guidance to ensure the formula works properly.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel - Summarize text columns

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:15:25 Z

Copilot can analyze columns of text to give you summaries of the information. For example, Copilot will find the main themes in survey responses from open-ended questions.
GA date: August CY2024

SharePoint: Microsoft Syntex - Update to Microsoft Syntex translation

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:15:05 Z

The document translation service enables users to create translated copies quickly and easily while preserving the original format and structure of the file. We’re updating the service to allow creating translated copies in up to 10 languages with a single request. This update will be available for both manual and rule-based requests.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Clipchamp: Image background removal in Clipchamp

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:30:49 Z

You can remove a background from your image and photos using AI.
GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Adaptive Protection - Enhancements to insider risk level settings

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 23:15:22 Z

This roadmap item was updated to 'launched' unintentionally. We apologize for the inconvenience. With this new feature, an admin can choose whether they want to expire the Adaptive Protection insider risk level. Today, this expiration happens automatically, but you can now choose to keep the Adaptive Protection insider risk level for a user, even if their alert is dismissed or case is closed. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Outlook: Multiple insights and notifications on profile cards

Fri, 17 May 2024 22:45:21 Z

Previously, users were only able to see one insight or notification on their own or on a colleague's profile card. Now they will be able to see multiple insights through a Show All button. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Immersive Inline Play update

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 22:30:02 Z

Current Learning Content details and Player page will be combined to give a more immersive consumption experience for users in Viva Learning. The update will impact all content details pages.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Improved alert filtering

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:11:29 Z

The update offers analysts and investigators the ability to filter out any activity that was already reviewed in a past alert for a user so they can focus their review on new activities that may lead to a data security incident. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: December CY2023
Preview date: February CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Visualization of cumulative exfiltration trends

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 00:11:31 Z

When investigating an alert, admins can leverage the activity scatter plot to visualize a historical timeline of activity types, risk scores, and the sequence of events. To help organizations better visualize the growth of exfiltration over time, this new trend chart will show a user’s cumulative data exfiltration activity as it relates to other key signals like resignation date. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: December CY2023
Preview date: February CY2023

OneNote: Loop components in OneNote

Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:30:21 Z

Tap into the real-time, online collaborative solution provided by Loop directly within the powerful multimodal OneNote canvas—the opportunities are endless. You can create or insert Loop components into your OneNote notebook. Navigate to Insert > Loop to create a new component or try pasting a link to an existing component to have it show up in your OneNote canvas.
GA date: April CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Custom background for Teams Rooms on Android

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 01:15:18 Z

IT admins can upload custom background images on the Teams admin center to reinforce their company brand on their Teams Rooms devices. The main room display, extended room display, and touch console can each have its own specific background image. PNG, JPG, and JPEG, formats are supported. This feature is only available with the Teams Rooms Pro license.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage - Copilot Adoption Community

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 23:15:58 Z

We are introducing new capabilities in Engage that will help organizations with their M365 Copilot rollout and adoption journey by bringing together employees in a community of practice. This community will provide a place for employees to ask questions, seek support from both their peers and IT admins, share best practices, and learn more from articles and quick tips on how best to use Copilot. This templatized Copilot adoption community will take away much of the work from the community manager with a set-up checklist, suggested content, suggested members (based on Copilot license assignment), and other features like conversation starters and top Q&As to help with community member engagement.
GA date: June CY2024

SharePoint: Enhancements to the Text web part

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 23:15:25 Z

New features coming to the Text web part include enhancements to styling/formatting, bullets/numbered lists, and tables.
GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Lab support for role-based prompts

Wed, 22 May 2024 23:30:29 Z

Customers will be able to filter Microsoft-authored prompts in Copilot Lab to view those that are associated with a specific job role category, e.g., Marketing, HR, etc.
GA date: May CY2024

OneNote: OneNote Copilot on Mac

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 23:15:46 Z

OneNote Copilot on Mac is your intelligent assistant, transforming the way you interact with your notes. With simple natural language commands, Copilot helps you understand, summarize, and rewrite notes for enhanced clarity and purpose. It’s designed to work seamlessly on the Mac, offering a contextual chat experience that allows you to accomplish tasks faster than ever. Whether you’re preparing for a meeting or organizing your thoughts, OneNote Copilot on Mac is the perfect partner for boosting productivity and creativity on the go.
GA date: December CY2024

Outlook: Additional formatting options in Outlook for iOS and Android

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 23:45:33 Z

In response to feedback from you, our customers, we are adding support for even more formatting options when composing in Outlook for iOS or Android! You will be able to choose font size and color, set a default font, as well as clearing and painting formatting.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview | Compliance Manager: Microsoft Defender for Cloud (MDC) integration

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Compliance Manager now integrates with Microsoft Defender for Cloud, allowing customers to assess their compliance posture across Microsoft 365, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Amazon Web Services with resource-level testing and cloud-specific guidance.

GA date: June CY2025

Outlook: Organize folders in your sidebar

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:09:05 Z

Users can arrange folders in any desired order effortlessly by dragging and dropping the folders in the position that they want.
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports - Microsoft Copilot with Graph-grounded chat

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:30:38 Z

Microsoft Copilot with Graph-grounded chat usage metrics will be included in the Copilot for Microsoft 365 Usage report. This new feature provides additional usage insights and informs adoption strategy decisions for Microsoft Copilot in your organization.
GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Outlook: Show online archive storage in the new Outlook for Windows and Web

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:45:34 Z

With this latest update, users can now easily view their online archive storage directly within the Outlook application. By displaying online archive storage information, users can proactively manage their email storage and make informed decisions about archiving, cleaning, and their regular and archived folders. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Users will now be notified when their admin unblocks a requested app

Fri, 03 May 2024 22:15:09 Z

Users on teams will be notified when their IT Admin unblocks an app that was previously requested by the user.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Avatar interaction improvements in Immersive space view

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 22:15:31 Z

Introducing more avatar reactions and personal boundary on avatars.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Intelligent meeting recap with AI-generated notes and tasks for GCC environments

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 23:15:08 Z

Enabling AI-generated notes and tasks within the intelligent meeting recap experience for GCC customers, expanding on the features within intelligent recap that are already available to GCC customers today (personalized timeline markers, speaker timeline markers, chapters, and topics).
GA date: August CY2024

Planner: New Microsoft Planner App for Teams in GCC

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:45:20 Z

The new Microsoft Planner app in Teams is a single, unified work management experience. It brings together the simplicity of To Do, the collaboration of Planner and the power of Project for the web into a single and simple solution, that offers individual task management, collaborative work management as well as enterprise work management.
GA date: July CY2024

Outlook: Import and export support for data files in Outlook

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 22:15:21 Z

This feature adds support for importing PST files into Outlook for Mac. Support for OLM data files will include both importing and exporting data.
GA date: November CY2025
Preview date: October CY2025

Outlook: Choose how many days of emails sync to your device for offline usage

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:30:55 Z

With the new sync window, you can choose how many days' worth of emails and attachments you want to download to your device so you can always access them even while offline.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Microsoft Defender for Endpoint alerts

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:58:45 Z

Enables you to import indicators from Microsoft Defender for Endpoint related to unapproved or malicious software installation or bypassing security controls. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, security and policy violations, and more. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy. Note: We are updating this item to reflect changes to this deployment. We appreciate your patience.

GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: April CY2022

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Support for static and adaptive policy scopes for auto-apply retention labels targeting SITs in Exchange

Fri, 12 May 2023 22:23:51 Z

Microsoft Entra: Expanded support for device-bound passkeys in Microsoft Entra ID

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:32:39 Z

Microsoft Entra ID will add support for device-bound passkeys stored on computers and mobile devices as an authentication method in preview, in addition to the existing support for FIDO2 security keys. This enables users to perform phishing-resistant authentication using the devices that they already have. The existing FIDO2 authentication methods policy and end user experiences will be changed to support this preview release. For organizations to opt-in to this preview, admins will need to enforce key restrictions to allow specified passkey providers in the FIDO2 policy.

GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention- Adding matched attachment details in Activity Explorer for Data Loss Prevention rules in Exchange

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:30:11 Z

With this feature, the admins can see more information like name, size, labels about the attachments present in the email that violated the Data Loss Prevention rules. Note: The month and status have been updated to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: February CY2024

Outlook: Outlook Mobile - Junk/Phishing Reporting Actions Integrated with Microsoft Defender

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:24 Z

The appearance and behavior of Report Phishing/Report Junk actions in Outlook for iOS and Outlook for Android can be controlled by admins using User Reported Settings in security.microsoft.com. Admins will be able to control whether these Report actions appear in Outlook, where these messages get reported to, and whether the user is prompted when they report phishing or junk. Admins will also be able to customize text and other aspects of the dialogs that appear before and after users' report phishing or junk.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - New logs for Audit activities

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 01:15:00 Z

Activities performed by users like submitting an Audit search query, viewing and exporting Audit logs, and deleting search history within the Purview Audit feature will now begin to generate Audit logs.
GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Adaptive Protection and Conditional Access

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 23:15:49 Z

Organizations can use insider risk levels in their Conditional Access policies. This includes minor experience changes in the Adaptive Protection tab in Insider Risk Management, including adding total counts for Conditional Access policies that use Adaptive Protection and new user insights in the user activity timeline when a user is added or removed from an insider risk level. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Copilot Academy support for additional external content

Wed, 08 May 2024 23:45:39 Z

This feature includes the ability to support external content including Copilot Lab resources
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Lab is now available in Teams on iOS and Android

Wed, 15 May 2024 23:30:02 Z

Explore and use suggested Copilot prompts in Copilot Lab in the Teams app on iOS and Android.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Easier to find your most recent templates

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:15:07 Z

Updates to the Viva Amplify template display include showing the most recently modified templates on the campaign overview page for easy access and separating the Viva Amplify provided templates from the user-saved campaign templates.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Video templates

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 23:30:51 Z

Create and highlight videocentric publications, like meeting content or executive messages, with the new video templates in Viva Amplify; this presents videos that are inline, playable, and beautiful.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Copilot for Advanced Insights App

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:45:23 Z

Copilot in Viva Insights simplifies the query-building process for analysts by suggesting metrics, filters, and attributes that are relevant to the analysis.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Microsoft 365 Groups scoping in Teams DLP policy extend protection to 1:1/n chats

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:15:19 Z

When scoping policies to Microsoft 365 Groups in Teams DLP policies, members of Teams standard and shared channel chats associated with the groups are currently protected by the policies. This change will automatically extend the protection to standard/shared channels chats in other Microsfot 365 Groups and 1:1/n (non-channel) chats. There is no longer a need to add users, security groups or other Microsoft 365 groups to protect these chats, except for customers that have enabled optical character recognition (OCR) in Teams chat.
GA date: February CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Quick Links Card on Viva Connections Dashboard

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 23:15:35 Z

This feature helps tenant admins add a card with a list of curated quick links for users on the Viva Connections Dashboard.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Entra: Passkey authentication in brokered Microsoft apps on Android

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 22:30:19 Z

Microsoft Entra ID users can now use a passkey to sign into Microsoft apps on Android devices where an authentication broker like Microsoft Authenticator or Microsoft Intune Company Portal is installed.
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: August CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft Copilot with enterprise data protection

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:45:23 Z

For users signed in with an Entra account, Microsoft Copilot will offer enterprise data protection.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft 365: Microsoft 365 Backup

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:06:05 Z

Microsoft 365 Backup Service is a product offering spanning across the OneDrive, SharePoint, and Exchange Online services that provides customers with a consistent, cross product solution, to recover their M365 data from cataclysmic events such as: at scale ransomware attacks, or malicious/accidental data deletion/corruption by end users. Microsoft 365 Backup Service is available on a pay-as-you-go basis and can be enabled through the Microsoft 365 admin center.

GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: January CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Custom user mapping for learner record sync (LRS)

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:45:58 Z

Admins can now use advance mapping options to link AAD and Workday.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Chat for organizers and presenters in webinars

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 23:15:13 Z

Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters can chat privately in a separate chat from attendees. This chat is available to access before, during, and after the event.
GA date: June CY2025

Microsoft Entra: Conditional Access What If API

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 23:15:43 Z

Microsoft Entra Conditional Access What If API can be used to programmatically test the impact of conditional access policies on user and workload identity sign-ins.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance: Integration with Power Automate

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 23:21:05 Z

Currently in public preview, Communication Compliance integration with Power Automate allows organizations to configure Power Automate flows to automate tasks for Communication Compliance cases and users. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/communication-compliance?view=o365-worldwide
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance: Integration with Power Automate (GCC-High and DoD)

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 23:21:08 Z

Communication Compliance integration with Power Automate allows organizations to configure Power Automate flows to automate tasks for Communication Compliance cases and users. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/communication-compliance?view=o365-worldwide
GA date: October CY2024
Preview date: February CY2022

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Trainable Classifiers in Server Side Auto-labeling

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:30:56 Z

Trainable Classifiers are now available for server side auto-labeling policies in exchange, OneDrive and SharePoint. In addition to the 15 Classifiers that are already available, we have now launched 23 more Trainable Classifier to detect sensitive content such as IP and Trade Secrets, sensitive documents pertaining to important business functions such as Finance, Sales, HR, and Material Non Public Information.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Ground prompts on local files when using Copilot with Graph-grounded chat

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 22:30:22 Z

Ground prompts on local files when using Copilot with Graph-grounded chat by clicking "Upload" in the ContextIQ interface.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Browse OneDrive and SharePoint folders to find files to ground prompts in Copilot with Graph-grounded chat

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 23:15:58 Z

Browse OneDrive and SharePoint folders to find files for grounding prompts in Copilot.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Simplifying the personal app header

Fri, 10 May 2024 22:15:43 Z

Microsoft Teams personal apps will start showing a new simplified header bar on Microsoft Teams desktop and web clients. With this change, the "About" tab and other utility actions will be moved to the overflow menu. In addition, the "Chat" tab will be moved to a right-hand side panel for apps that support it.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Show/hide discover feed

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 23:30:43 Z

You will now have the flexibility to show or hide (turn off/turn on) discover feed. Users can access this new toggle from the general settings section.
GA date: August CY2024

Outlook: Auto-reading emails with Narrator

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:15:47 Z

This feature will allow users utilizing the Windows Narrator screen reader tool to have messages read aloud automatically after opening the email. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Emoji picker in Viva Engage

Fri, 31 May 2024 22:30:03 Z

Enhance your posts in Viva Engage with the integrated emoji picker. No need to memorize shortcuts; just click the emoji icon in the command bar to express yourself with ease.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data loss prevention (DLP) support for trainable classifiers (U.S. Government clouds)

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 23:10:44 Z

Trainable classifiers can be added as a condition for data loss prevention (DLP) policies, and enhanced templates and default policies will leverage trainable classifiers. Additionally, classifier-related information and alerts will appear within Activity explorer.

GA date: February CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints - Restrict unintentional sharing to unallowed cloud apps and services (macOS)

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 00:30:40 Z

Ability to restrict unintentional sharing of sensitive items to unallowed cloud apps and services in macOS.
GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

SharePoint: New enhancements to Restricted access control using Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Entra security groups

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 22:30:02 Z

Restricted access control (RAC) is a premium security policy that lets admins restrict access to SharePoint and OneDrive resources to a specific set of users configured using Microsoft 365 or Entra Security groups. As part of this change, new capabilities will be added to review the impact of RAC application using insights reports and additional options to configure the policy will be made available. Also, policy enforcement visibility will be extended to Site owners via SharePoint sites.
GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva for AI Transformation pre-built campaign in Viva Amplify

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 23:15:43 Z

Pre-drafted publications, campaign objectives and key messages designed to communicate how to leverage Microsoft Viva for AI transformation.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management- New scenario based policy templates

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 23:30:34 Z

We are adding two additional pre-configured quick policy templates for crown jewel protection and email exfiltration for admins that want to deploy scenario specific policy templates with little configurations needed to get started faster. These templates are in addition to the existing data leak and data theft quick policies. All 4 scenario based quick policies can be found in the Policies page> Create Policies. Additional tuning post deployment to meet individual alert volume needs can be expected. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: February CY2025
Preview date: November CY2024

Outlook: Estimating the Cost of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive and EndPoint

Wed, 08 Nov 2023 00:22:09 Z

With OCR cost estimator, without incurring any bill and without providing azure subscription, admins will be able to estimate how much they will pay once they turn “ON” the OCR configuration for the selected locations and scope.

GA date: October CY2024
Preview date: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning – Multilayer structuring, customization, and branding for learning academies

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 23:15:04 Z

This feature set brings new functionality to learning academies. Multi-layer structuring allows users to organize content and learning paths under multiple levels. Branding capabilities include the customization of the academy logo and the background image. Customization allows users to hide or show individual components of an academy like featured sets and learner profile cards.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Add links to content in featured set

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 23:15:25 Z

Global administrators/knowledge administrators can now add links to content sets in Viva Learning. These links can direct users to content stored internally with services like SharePoint and Stream or found online through YouTube, Vimeo, and other sources. The capability to add links to content allows admins to add content found online to featured sets, in addition to formal learning courses from connected providers.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Date and numeral standardization

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 01:00:51 Z

All the dates that appear in Viva Learning will match the layout local to the user. This also applies to standardization of numerals.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Remove recommendations in Recommended to You

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:15:19 Z

This gives users the ability to remove the recommendations which they do not need in the Recommended to you section.
GA date: October CY2024
Preview date: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Remove learning objects shown in In-progress section

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:15:19 Z

Users can remove learning objects shown in the In-progress section.
GA date: October CY2024
Preview date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Attach files from SharePoint Sites in the mobile app

Fri, 03 May 2024 22:15:09 Z

Users will be able to browse, multiselect and attach files from SharePoint Sites to a chat or channel conversation in the mobile app.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Edge: Security settings in the Microsoft Edge management service

Thu, 09 May 2024 23:00:20 Z

The Microsoft Edge management service will provide admins with a dedicated experience to manage specific settings that help improve the security posture of their managed browser instances.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Private Line on Teams Phone Devices

Tue, 21 May 2024 23:15:05 Z

Teams phone devices will support Private line, a new functionality for Teams Phone that allows you to enable a private second phone number for a select set of users so they can receive inbound calls directly, by passing delegates, admins, or assistants. Calls to the private line are distinguished by a unique notification and ringtone.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: People app on Teams Phone Devices

Tue, 21 May 2024 23:15:05 Z

An updated People app on Teams phone devices will provide a simplified and faster experience to help users manage contacts easily.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Explicit consent recording meeting policy support on Teams Phone Devices

Mon, 20 May 2024 23:15:02 Z

When explicit consent recording meeting policy is applied, a notification will pop-up when the recording or transcription is initiated requesting consent of participants on Teams phone devices.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Scoped and targeted device clean up rule

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 23:30:43 Z

This enables IT admins to clean up inactive devices from their tenant by providing capabilities of running these rules at a platform level.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Longer documents can be summarized in chat

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 23:15:10 Z

Copilot in Word will be able to completely summarize documents that it could only partially summarize before. The upper limit is increasing to about four times more words.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Document library card for Viva Connections Dashboard

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 23:15:04 Z

This card will help operators add a card which will show all the files inside a directory for quick access.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Use the Egress API to access all “My Learning” records

Mon, 13 May 2024 23:15:36 Z

The Egress API can be used by learners to view their My Learning records and corresponding course details.
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft 365 app: Use sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365 apps when connected experiences are disabled

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 23:15:54 Z

Your organization can now disable connected experiences for privacy concerns without impacting data security policies such as sensitivity labels. Services associated with Microsoft Purview (e.g. sensitivity labels and rights management) are no longer controlled by policy settings to manage privacy controls for Microsoft 365 Apps. Instead, these services will rely on their existing security admin controls in Purview portals.
GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Playlist Card on Viva Connections Dashboard

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:30:01 Z

This feature allows tenant admins to create a card for a playlist to be accessed from the Viva Connections Dashboard.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) trainable classifiers

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:29:58 Z

Leverage trainable classifiers from Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) to recognize various content types specific to your organization. Insider Risk Management in Microsoft 365 correlates various signals from the chip to the cloud to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, security and policy violations, and more. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to ensure user-level privacy.

GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management- Global exclusions

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 02:13:55 Z

With this update, all exclusion features currently found under intelligent detections will be relocated to a new tab labeled "Global exclusions" within the insider risk settings. All previously added exclusions in intelligent detections will be migrated to this new tab. The functionality of exclusions remains unchanged. Moreover, admins with appropriate permissions can now add exclusion via defined detection groups, which contain similar entities like domains or file types. This new tab is designed to enhance usability and offers a convenient way to access and manage exclusions. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: October CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

Outlook: OneDrive for Business available in classic Outlook for Windows

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:15:45 Z

Quickly access your OneDrive without having to leave Outlook! Users can find and use the OneDrive app in classic Outlook for Windows, for a consistent and fast experience.
GA date: March CY2024
Preview date: February CY2024

Outlook: New Outlook for Windows - Search tasks using Microsoft To Do

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 23:00:37 Z

Search across your tasks lists using the Microsoft To Do module in Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: April CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Export Q&A Questions

Fri, 31 May 2024 22:30:03 Z

Event organizers can now export questions that attendees asked as a .csv file to better understand the questions asked and general sentiment in a town hall or webinar.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel support for formula data summaries in rows and cells

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:15:07 Z

Add a single formula to summarize column data into one cell. Today, full column calculations produce a unique result in each row, but this new feature gives you the option to calculate all data in a column together to return one result. You can also create a row with formulas that apply for relevant columns; for example, an "add total sales row" will add a SUM formula underneath every column that has sales data.
GA date: August CY2024

SharePoint: Introducing archival and other enforcement actions with inactive site lifecycle management policy

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 23:15:04 Z

Address inactive content on your tenant with inactive sites policy. Admins can configure policies to Detect inactive sites, send notifications to all site owners, and archive these sites or put them in a read-only state if there is no action from notification recipients.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Graph Connectors in CIQ

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 23:30:30 Z

When grounding your prompts in BizChat, you will be able to use CIQ to scope to your 3P data from your Graph Connectors.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Security policy violations by risky users

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 00:58:44 Z

Enabled by the HR 1.2 connector, this policy template detects security violations by users near a stressor event. Includes activity generated by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint alerts, which detect possible security violations performed on devices on devices onboarded to your organization. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, security and policy violations, and more. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls.

GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: June CY2022

Microsoft Teams: Teams meeting recordings will be saved to meeting organizer’s OneDrive for Business

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 22:15:40 Z

With this change Teams meeting recordings will be saved to the meeting organizer’s OneDrive for Business instead of to the OneDrive for Business folder of the person who initiated the recording. This improves the compliance of recordings as meeting organizers can then manage access permissions and recording file management.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Group chat profile picture

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 01:00:38 Z

You will have a better way to reflect your team and group chat topic, with custom pictures. Group chat members can upload an image or use pre-selected illustrations and emojis, adding a layer of inclusivity and expression to their chat.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Information Protection and Insider Risk Management support multicloud environments

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 01:00:27 Z

Microsoft Purview Information Protection extends its sensitivity labels and protection policies into data contained in Azure SQL, Azure Data Lake Storage, and Amazon S3. Organizations can create label-based protection policies that specify which data sources, databases, or storage buckets are in scope, and which users or groups are allowed to access data with a certain sensitivity label and Purview will automatically enforce the policy and block unauthorized access to sensitive data. Insider Risk Management extends its detection into multicloud environments by offering ready-to-use risk indicators in Azure, AWS, and SaaS apps including Box, Dropbox, and Google Drive. Organizations can use these new indicators in data theft and data leaks policies. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Note: We have updated the cloud environments to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Improved Resume OOB Built-in Trainable Classifier

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:15:12 Z

The new enhanced Resume Classifier is equipped with better technology. It has a higher accuracy and is able to identify resumes that were not previously detected. The classifier has been upgraded to handle challenging False Negative and False Positive cases.
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Teams Town Hall Graph APIs

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 23:15:43 Z

The Teams town hall Graph APIs allow users to create, update, and delete town hall events.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365) – Copilot in Microsoft Teams chat and channels to summarize content over a specified period of time

Thu, 30 May 2024 23:30:03 Z

You can now ask Copilot in chat and channels to respond to questions regarding a conversation in a specific time period, for example: last month.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Teams Webinar Creation and Registration APIs

Fri, 31 May 2024 22:30:03 Z

Customers now have additional capabilities to manage Webinars, namely the ability to create, update, and delete Webinars, as well as register attendees to existing Webinars using a new set of APIs.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Default sensitivity labels and policies enhancements

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:30:44 Z

Eligible customers can activate default labels and policies for Microsoft Purview Information Protection that now extend to meetings.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Oversharing Pop-up enhancements on Outlook win32 desktop

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:45:05 Z

We are expanding the functionality of oversharing pop-ups (Show policy tip as a dialog) in outlook win32 to support additional scenarios powered with predicates such as Content is not labeled and Message/Attachment is not labeled, File extension is. It will also support a customizable oversharing dialog with the ability to configure custom title, body, business justifications, and dynamic variables/tokens for matched recipients, attachment names, and labels.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Optical character recognition (OCR) support for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 23:21:02 Z

Optical character recognition (OCR) support will detect sensitive content in images and subsequently apply data loss prevention (DLP) policies to prevent exfiltration of that sensitive data in SharePoint Online and OneDrive. This release supports key file types like JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, and PDF (image-only PDF).
GA date: March CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Optical character recognition (OCR) support for embedded images in Exchange Online

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:15:15 Z

This release will extend OCR support in Exchange online from standalone images (JPEG, JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, PDF) to images embedded inside following files: 1. Office: Images embedded inside XLSX, DOCX, PPTX files. 2. PDF: Image-only PDF files are already supported. This release will support hybrid PDF files containing images and searchable text. 3. Container files such as ZIP, RAR, 7Z, BZ and more.
GA date: February CY2025
Preview date: January CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Optical character recognition (OCR) support for Exchange Online and Teams

Fri, 29 Sep 2023 22:06:48 Z

Optical character recognition (OCR) support will detect sensitive content in images and subsequently apply data loss prevention (DLP) policies to prevent exfiltration of that sensitive data in Exchange Online and Microsoft Teams. This release supports key file types like JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP and PDF (image only PDF).

GA date: March CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Enhanced Classification Support for Thai Language in Endpoint

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:15:43 Z

Thai Language sentences do not have spaces in between them. And for classification purpose, we relied on right keywords to be added while creating Sensitive Information Type for ensuring accurate match. However, with this feature, spaces will be added automatically in keywords which will ensure higher match accuracy in EndPoint.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Enhanced Classification Support for Thai language in Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, and OneDrive

Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:30:21 Z

In our continued efforts to enhance classification capabilities, we have added a new feature, Word-Breaker, to our existing Thai Language support in Classification. Words in Thai language sentences do not have spaces between them. And for classification purpose, we relied on the right keywords to be added while creating Sensitive Information Type for ensuring accurate match. However, with this feature, spaces will be added automatically in keywords which will ensure higher match accuracy across all cloud locations (Exchange, Teams, One Drive, SharePoint).
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management-Insider risk context in Microsoft Defender user entity page

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

With this update, any SOC analyst with the required customer-determined permissions can access an insider risk summary of user activities that may lead to potential data security incidents, as a part of the user entity investigation experience in Microsoft Defender. This feature can help SOC analysts gain insider risk context for a specific user and make more informed decisions on responses to potential incidents. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: February CY2025
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Campaign Enhancements - Targeted campaigns and campaigns in the digest.

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:45:00 Z

Corporate communications and campaign managers will now have the capability to effectively promote their campaigns by sending notifications directly to users, ensuring they are promptly informed about new campaigns and can readily participate in them. Additionally, campaigns will be discoverable in the engage digest, enhancing visibility and engagement opportunities.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Forms can help you create draft quizzes

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:45:13 Z

To help teachers, staff, and information workers save time, Copilot in Forms can now generate ice breakers, fun trivia, quizzes, and assessments with correct answers, which helps users focus more on engagement and interaction with their audience.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - New filters in Audit Search

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 23:15:00 Z

Audit Search allows customers to retrieve audit logs relevant to a security or compliance investigation. With this change, customers will now be able to search for relevant audit logs using additional fields such as Record ID, UserKey, UserType, and ClientIP.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Forms helps you collect more responses to your surveys or quizzes

Mon, 13 May 2024 23:15:36 Z

Copilot in Forms assists form owners by recommending optimal distribution channels and settings for sending forms or quizzes. This includes leveraging email, social media, and QR codes to maximize the benefits of digital forms and quizzes.
GA date: June CY2024

SharePoint: Site ownership policy

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 23:30:32 Z

Site ownership policy is a one-stop solution to effectively manage ownership needs of all SharePoint sites in your tenant. It helps you to define your organization's ownership criteria and identify sites that are not compliant. You can further notify predefined set of users of your choice to find the next best site owner or admin. You can also choose to automate actions on sites that remain ownerless for more than 3 months to prevent risks of data mismanagement.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Reference data from the Microsoft cloud when drafting with Copilot in Word

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 23:15:10 Z

Draft with Copilot will allow users to explicitly add and reference specific mails, meetings, and people. Draft with Copilot will support attaching rich content from the Microsoft cloud—including emails and meetings—resulting in content that's more contextually relevant.
GA date: June CY2024

Outlook: Updating Conversation Actions on Outlook for iOS

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:15:18 Z

Currently, when viewing a message, you can access the available actions in the top-right corner. We are updating these actions to be at the bottom of the screen with the ability to customize the order and placement of the actions to suit your needs. With this update, you will also be able to access all conversation actions from the inbox view by long-pressing a message.
GA date: July CY2024

Word: Get started on a draft immediately with example prompts

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 23:15:10 Z

On blank documents, Copilot in Word will provide one-click examples of prompts that quickly help you get going on your document.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Get started on a draft immediately with example prompts

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 23:15:10 Z

On blank documents, Copilot in Word will provide one-click examples of prompts that quickly help you get going on your document.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Text and UI resizing for Teams Rooms on Windows

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:30:01 Z

IT admins can adjust the size of the text and all other UI elements on the front-of-room display by changing the display scaling settings. Text and UI elements are resized and adjusted for all supported display resolution and scaling combinations (1080p resolution at 100-150% scaling, 4K resolution at 100-300% scaling). This capability is extended to support touch boards.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Cumulative Exfiltration Tuning

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:28 Z

With this update, Cumulative Exfiltration Activities will not be detected and scored if the events have already been detected in a previous Cumulative Exfiltration Activity risk. This change will reduce noise for alerts generated from Cumulative Exfiltration Activity.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Bidirectional support for Teams Live Interpretation

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:28 Z

With bidirectional support in Teams Live Interpretation, interpreters can now switch the direction they want to provide translation in between the two languages by clicking on the button of the language they want to interpret into at the bottom of the screen. The highlighted language button will be the language the interpreter is translating into and attendees hear from.
GA date: September CY2024

Outlook: Automatically display auto-mapped calendars

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 23:30:32 Z

Users will be able to automatically see their auto-mapped calendars when toggling from classic Outlook to the new. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: December CY2024

Outlook: Support for AppleScript in the New Outlook for Mac

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 00:11:46 Z

AppleScript is a language used to automate the actions of the MacOS and many of its applications. We will add support for this feature in the new Outlook for Mac.

GA date: December CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management: New retention actions in Power Automate integration (U.S. Government clouds)

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:09:20 Z

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Power Automate integration (U.S. Government clouds)

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 00:31:48 Z

Initiate a Power Automate workflow when the item reaches the end of its retention period. For example, execute a complex disposition approval process or move the file to an archive.
GA date: June CY2025

Outlook: Follow a meeting in new Outlook for Windows and web

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 23:11:23 Z

Follow is a new meeting response (RSVP) option that goes beyond the traditional Accept, Tentative and Decline choices geared towards individuals with high meeting loads and conflicting meetings each day. Follow is the ideal RSVP option for meetings you can't attend but still want to stay engaged and receive info about. Other attendees will be able to see if you are following a meeting. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web. Note: This began rolling out in May and not April. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Progressive alert scoring

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 23:12:05 Z

With this new feature, user activities that could potentially result in data security incidents will be assessed more frequently within a 24-hour period compared with the current practice of once every 24 hours. Alert insights will now be updated every few hours with this increased frequency, providing designated analysts with timely alerts and continuously evolving insights. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: August CY2024

Outlook: Message Recall

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 02:15:35 Z

Exchange Online's Cloud-based Message Recall feature will be coming to Outlook for Mac.
GA date: July CY2025
Preview date: June CY2025

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Bring the latest from your organization into your Word chats with Microsoft Copilot Graph-grounded search

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:15:11 Z

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints - Support for Four New predicates on Endpoint DLP

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

With this capability, admins can extend the below mentioned predicates to Microsoft Purview DLP for Endpoint - Document is unscannable - Document didn't complete scanning - Document name matches patterns - Document size equals or is greater than
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Granular trigger throttling

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:15:43 Z

With this update, we are introducing more granular trigger throttling limits to isolate the impact of a surge in noisy trigger volumes and prevent other policies from being affected. This ensures that organizations can receive critical alerts without being throttled by these limits. By default, the throttling limits will be applied as follows: All sensitive triggers, including HR signals, Azure AD leavers, and custom triggers, will be limited to 15,000 per day per trigger. All other triggers will be limited to 5,000 per day per trigger. Additionally, the policy health warning messages will be enhanced to assist admins with appropriate permissions in identifying and addressing noisy triggers effectively. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Modern eDiscovery in new Microsoft Purview Portal

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 00:30:00 Z

Introducing a modernized user interface for key eDiscovery workflows, with simplified creation for cases, searches, and holds. Enhanced data source management allows for easy mapping of all data locations for users, groups, or Teams, with the ability to query location changes and frequent collaborator mapping. New search features include the ability to conduct precise searches using identifier (message ID), sensitivity labels, audit log, or evidence file. View key search statistics trends, including top data sources, sensitive information types, and content types. Long-running processes such as add to review and export now provide full visibility on progress and ETA, with detailed reporting on settings, query input, and item-level location reporting upon completion.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - New filters in Audit Search

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 00:15:24 Z

Microsoft Purview compliance center: Insider Risk Management - Microsoft Purview capabilities in Copilot for Security

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 23:30:14 Z

With Microsoft Purview capabilities in Copilot for Security, your security teams gain unprecedented visibility across the security data. Microsoft Purview brings user risk and data risk insights to help the SOC with comprehensive and enriched signals to understand the full attack story and impact of a security incident. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance center: Insider Risk Management - Gain comprehensive summary of Insider Risk Management alerts with Copilot for Security

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 23:30:14 Z

Copilot for Security is embedded in Insider Risk Management to summarize alerts to help accelerate data security investigations. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: May CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Automatic data preservation for high-risk users

Mon, 06 May 2024 23:45:36 Z

Adaptive Protection in Microsoft Purview helps you protect your organization’s data by integrating dynamic insider risk levels, determined by data related activities, with various policy engines to automatically moving users in and out of policies as their risk levels change over time. The integration with Data Lifecycle Management will automatically apply retention labels to preserve deleted emails and files based on a user’s insider risk level.
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: June CY2024

SharePoint: Updating all News Posts to "Made for Email"

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 01:15:47 Z

Following the positive reception of the "Made for Email" News templates, we are rolling out a change that will make every news post you create "Made for Email" by default. Now, no matter how you create your new News Post, whether it is copying a previous post or using an existing template, you will have access to send that full distribution as an email. With this change, authors will still have access to our full webpart library by selecting "all" webparts in the webpart picker but are defaulted into having additional sending functionality.
GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: July CY2024

Outlook: Swipe in the Message List on Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:45:30 Z

The Message List will now support Swipe from Left and Swipe from Right actions on Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows. As a result, some minor organization changes will also happen for the hover actions. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: August CY2024

Outlook: Support for Auto-Expanding Archives

Thu, 02 May 2024 23:15:25 Z

Auto-Expanding Archives are a component that provides customers the ability to grow their mailbox archives over the normal 100 GB quota limit.
GA date: July CY2025
Preview date: June CY2025

SharePoint: Microsoft Syntex - Page range setting for prebuilt and structured models

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 23:30:13 Z

This creates a new setting for prebuilt (contract, invoice, and receipt) and structured/freeform models to specify the file pages to be processed.
GA date: July CY2024

Outlook: Adding search to settings on Outlook for iOS

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:15:18 Z

We recently rolled out updated settings on Outlook for iOS. To make the settings experience even better, we are now adding the ability to search within settings so that you can find exactly what you're looking for.
GA date: August CY2024

Outlook: Use Copilot to select and rewrite specific pieces of text in an email in classic Outlook for Windows

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 23:15:43 Z

In classic Outlook for Windows, when composing an email, customers can select portions of text in an email and use Copilot to rewrite it. Users can give detailed instructions on how to rewrite and also able to modify tone and length.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

Outlook: Sort and Filter improvements on Outlook on the Web and New Outlook for Windows

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 23:30:54 Z

Sort and Filter will now be separate buttons in the Message List. This will make it easier to change the Sorted by and the Filtered by values separately. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: August CY2024

Outlook: Ability to add apps to meetings

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 22:30:23 Z

With this update, customers will be able to add apps to their meetings, similar to how they can do that in classic Outlook for Windows. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: New collaborative Project Studio environment in Microsoft Mesh

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 23:45:33 Z

The Project Studio environment is a new space for immersive meetings and Mesh events. This space has been designed for synchronous teamwork and productivity for small groups to collaborate on content. Collaboration tools like whiteboards will be added to the environment as they become available.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management | Adaptive Protection - Multi-policy selection

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 23:21:46 Z

Admins can now select multiple Insider Risk Management policies in the "Risk levels for Adaptive Protection" settings to assign risk levels in Adaptive Protection. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Bulk replacement or removal of a retention label

Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:15:37 Z

Admins can perform a bulk replacement or removal of a retention label using the Purview compliance portal. They can perform the action across the entire tenant or targeted to specific content using KQL and static or adaptive scopes.
GA date: September CY2025
Preview date: July CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Dynamic internal benchmarks for Advanced Insights

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 22:30:01 Z

Collaboration norms vary by roles and geographies, and comparing behavioral metrics across groups can draw misleading conclusions if those groups are comprised of different roles. Dynamic internal benchmarks allow the analyst to understand the expected behaviors of a group based on similar employees within the company.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: January CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Introduction to metrics and benchmarks in Advanced Insights

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 22:30:01 Z

This report template for analysts in Advanced Insights provides an introduction to some of the most frequently used Viva Insights metrics, grounding both new and veteran analysts in their definitions, applications, and how their group's results compare to typical ranges using both internal and external benchmarks.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: January CY2025

SharePoint: Editorial Card web part in SharePoint Pages and News

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 22:30:01 Z

We are introducing a Web Part called the Editorial Card to enhance page experiences. This card-like container allows for manual creation tailored to your needs, creating eye-catching content to capture viewers’ attentions.
GA date: December CY2024

Planner: Baseline with Task level variance

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 22:30:01 Z

Capture a Baseline of your plan and view plan and task-level variances to know if the plan is on track or delayed.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - | API to set label on files in SharePoint online in bulk

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:16:47 Z

This is a “set-label” API that third parties and ISVs can use to labels many files across SharePoint via scripting or programmatic manner.

GA date: August CY2023
Preview date: April CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Reduce detection to investigation time from 24 hours to 1 hour

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 00:27:46 Z

This feature will reduce the detection to investigation time to under an hour, allowing your organization to respond promptly to policy violations. The alert will be reviewed by a policy investigator, who is explicitly granted permission to review policy alerts by the Communication Compliance admin role.Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/communication-compliance-investigate-remediate?view=o365-worldwide
GA date: June CY2024
Preview date: June CY2022

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Advanced trainable classifiers to detect workplace safety scenarios

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 23:14:32 Z

Advanced trainable classifiers to detect workplace safety scenarios: New detections are being added to Communication Compliance that enables you to build safer online environments by detecting potential hate and violence then assigning severity scores to unsafe text across languages. These classifiers are built using large language models. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect business conduct and regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: December CY2023

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Sort search results by ratings

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Users can sort in-app search results by ratings and relevance of the content.

GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Reactions in Town halls (Premium)

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:45:58 Z

Participants can use reactions (like, love, applause, laugh, surprised) to express themselves during a town hall and the reactions appear as a continuous stream on the side of the screen.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Join Zoom meetings with an ID and passcode from a Teams room on Android

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 23:15:00 Z

Teams Rooms on Android can now join Zoom meetings with an ID and a passcode, provided the IT admin has enabled Direct Guest Join meetings for the room. Learn about how to enable Teams Rooms devices to join third-party meetings at the link below.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/rooms/third-party-join
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Copilot Academy visibility for users with Copilot SKU and VL Seeded/Premium

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 23:30:54 Z

Microsoft Copilot Academy will be available for all users with a Copilot for Microsoft License and any of Viva Learning licenses (Seeded or Premium). Admins will also be able to control visibility of Copilot Academy.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Real-time notifications (Live Activities) for Teams meetings on iOS lock screen

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 23:15:15 Z

iOS Live Activities integration for Teams meetings on mobile allows users to view the live progress of a meeting at-a-glance from their lock screen. Real-time notifications with Live Activities automatically update in real-time so users can see when the meeting has started, when it’s in progress, whether recording is on, when someone needs to be admitted from the lobby, and when the meeting has ended. Live Activities is for iPhones only (iOS16.1).
GA date: April CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Swap screens on Teams Rooms on Android

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 23:30:38 Z

Admins can switch the screens of Teams Rooms on Android devices in dual display mode remotely, correcting front-of-room display issues without physical support. The screen swap control is accessible in device settings and the Teams admin center.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Net Promoter Score survey on Teams Rooms on Android

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 23:30:38 Z

Users can rate how likely they are to recommend Microsoft Teams Rooms from 1 to 5 as well as provide additional comments on Teams Rooms on Android devices.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Admin email support for Report a problem

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 23:30:38 Z

Admins can designate an email address for receiving ‘Report a problem’ submissions from users in Teams Rooms on Android. The email address can be set through device settings and the Teams admin center.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Entra: Microsoft Entra ID - Cross-tenant manager synchronization

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 22:06:00 Z

Cross-tenant synchronization will support provisioning a user's manager across tenants. For existing synchronization configurations that use the default schema (where you haven't made any customizations to the attribute mappings or scoping rules), the manager will start to provision automatically for new users. For existing synchronization configurations that do not use the default schema, you can add the manager attribute to your attribute mappings.
GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: December CY2023

Outlook: Schedule from email with Copilot

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 02:15:52 Z

Often you may want to transition a conversation from an email thread to a meeting. Copilot helps you do this by being able to start scheduling right from the email conversation. It saves you time and effort by generating a meeting invite that's ready for you to review and send. When you click on "Schedule with Copilot" a meeting form will appear with a Copilot generated meeting title, agenda, and conversation summary as well as a pre-filled attendee list from the email thread and an attachment of the original email thread. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows, web, Mac, and mobile. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - Have follow-up conversations with the team

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 01:15:00 Z

Get a better understanding of survey results within Viva Pulse reports with team conversations. This item was updated incorrectly and has been corrected. We apologize for the inconvenience.
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: June CY2024

SharePoint: New Banner web part (updated title area) in SharePoint Pages and News

Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:45:34 Z

We’ve made some improvements to the title area on top of the page experience. 1 – Title area is removable now, which is no longer required on your page. 2 – Rebranded the title area as a Banner web part with new layouts! You can add one or more banner(s) to any column of your page, including a full-width section.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights Copilot Dashboard delegation

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 23:30:13 Z

Users can delegate access to the Copilot Dashboard to others within their company. Admins can set policies to manage access to the delegation feature.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Introducing content pane

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:15:07 Z

The content pane is a new place for relevant panes that help authors create their publications. With the introduction of this centralized location, a new toolbox will help authors quickly browse and add content to create rich and engaging pages. The content pane will include additional panes such as configuration tools and design ideas. Within Viva Amplify, the content pane is used to host the distribution channel selection, writing guidance, and audience selection.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Clipchamp: Brand kit - Extended elements and tenant-wide rollout

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 23:30:43 Z

Brand kit enables anyone to create and share brand asset collections including colors, fonts, and logos to easily apply brand elements while creating. This release adds support for images, backgrounds, stickers, video, and audio asset types. An organization's official assets can now be rolled out tenant-wide via SharePoint Organization Asset Libraries (OAL). Brand kit creation, sharing, and manual usage is being made generally available to all Clipchamp for work accounts for users with standard access.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - Share open text responses in shared reports

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:30:07 Z

Viva Pulse authors can now choose to share open text responses as part of their shared reports. Authors can also preview their shared reports and choose to update the visibility of open text responses at any point in time.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: 3x3 video gallery on dual displays for Teams Rooms on Android

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 23:15:45 Z

Dual display rooms are now capable of presenting up to 18 videos (3x3 on each screen) when no content is being shared during meetings. This enhancement ensures a uniform experience across both Windows and Android Teams Rooms devices.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint and Viva Insights Integration for Sentiment and Collaboration Data

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 23:15:45 Z

This integration will allow HR users and analysts combine sentiment and collaboration data together into the rhythm of their business to better understand their people’s full work experience. Integrating Viva Glint employee survey scores with Viva Insights data helps identify opportunities and strengths to meet organizational goals.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Latest meeting experiences with performance improvements on web for Safari and Firefox (for anonymous join only)

Fri, 15 Dec 2023 23:30:25 Z

The latest Teams meeting experiences will be available for Teams on the web in Safari and Firefox browsers - including performance improvements, refreshed pre-join, updated meeting stage, and the updated meeting toolbar. (for anonymous join only)
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Sensitivity label grouping modernization

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:15:09 Z

To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings. These new label groupings allow admins to better organize and categorize their labels (previously done via parent labels).
GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: March CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Sensitivity label grouping modernization

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:15:09 Z

Microsoft Viva: Revamped Resources on mobile and tablet

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:15:09 Z

The Resources section on Viva Connections mobile and tablet will show content from the recently revamped Resources section on Viva Connections desktop.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Automatic summary of documents on file-open in Word

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 23:15:10 Z

When you open a document, Copilot will generate a summary in the Word window. You can hide the summary or open the Copilot chat pane to ask specific questions about the document.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Microsoft 365 Groups scoping in Teams DLP policy extend protection to 1:1/n chats

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:15:19 Z

Microsoft Teams: Custom background on Teams panels

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:00:21 Z

Administrators can upload and set custom background images for Teams panels through the Teams admin center, enabling them to reflect their organization's branding. This feature will be available for Teams Rooms Pro and Teams Shared Devices licensed panels.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Mesh app on Meta Quest headsets supports hand interactions

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 22:30:02 Z

Microsoft Mesh app users on Meta Quest 2, 3, and Pro headsets can now use their hands to use the app, move around in event environments, and interact with objects. Motion controllers continue to be supported, and users can switch between using controllers or their hands while using the app.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: New policy for voice and face enrollment defaulting to 'On'

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:50 Z

The new policy gives IT admins enhanced flexibility with distinct settings for voice and face enrollment. This adjustment provides greater control over managing these features, allowing organizations to tailor to their needs. Voice and face enrollment will be enabled by default, enabling voice isolation and speaker recognition in meeting rooms and enhancing intelligent meeting recaps and Copilot for meetings.
GA date: January CY2025

Outlook: Sort by Flag option

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:50 Z

We are adding support for sort by flag status, flag due date and flag start date.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Project: Project for the web and Roadmap for GCCH

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:50 Z

Project for the web and Roadmap features are rolling out to Project GGCH customers.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) – Hold reports

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 23:05:12 Z

Out-of-the-box reports that contain information about all legal holds associated with eDiscovery cases in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. Sort and filter your view based on various criteria and download the aggregated information for further analysis. Note: The status and release month has been updated to reflect the current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
GA date: May CY2025
Preview date: December CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery (Premium) – Hold reports (U.S. Government clouds)

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 23:05:14 Z

GA date: May CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management- Alert Spotlighting

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 23:00:27 Z

On the alert list page, high priority alerts will be spotlighted to help analysts prioritize the most important alerts first. Alerts are spotlighted based on predefined rules which are common across all tenants across all industries. Alert Spotlighting feature was developed to assist admins in prioritizing alerts to be triaged. Every generated alert has a risk score, a list of activities performed, tags, and triggers. The Alert Spotlighting feature uses this information to decide whether an alert can be spotlighted. Based on a detailed study of alert triage patterns across tenants, we have developed a rule-based algorithm to spotlight alerts that would be of importance to admins, based on historical volume analysis. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: October CY2024

Microsoft 365: Multi-Geo In-Region Routing

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:26 Z

Multi-Geo In-Region Routing (IRR) enables customers to control the routing of inbound emails to comply with regional data regulations. IRR ensures emails sent to users within specific geo-regions are processed and stored in their respective region. By directing emails to Accepted Domains that are associated with specific geo-regions and users located in those same geo-regions, IRR ensures that emails are fully processed and stored in the user's region. This keeps data within the user’s Preferred Data Location (PDL), enhancing data sovereignty and compliance.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: User uploaded custom background images for the new VDI solution for Microsoft Teams

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:26 Z

With this new feature, users on the new VDI solution for Teams can blur their background, choose a Teams virtual background, or replace their background entirely with any image they want by uploading it through the "Video effects and Settings" option.
GA date: April CY2025

SharePoint: Site access review from Sharing link reports in Data Access Governance

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 23:15:19 Z

Site access review allows SharePoint admins to delegate access governance to site owners in the context of potential oversharing as defined within DAG reports. We earlier released site access review from within "Content shared with everyone except external users" report. Now, the same functionality will be available from all "Sharing link" reports as well.
GA date: October CY2024

SharePoint: Auto-run Data Access Governance (DAG) reports

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 23:15:19 Z

You can now schedule to run your DAG reports automatically every 28 days and also receive notification when the auto-run completes.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: View attachments for Meetings in Teams Calendar

Thu, 30 May 2024 23:30:03 Z

File attachments added to a meeting invite in Outlook desktop or web app are now visible for invitees in Teams calendar.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Windows enrollment attestation

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:15:45 Z

Physical Windows devices will be attested at enrollment that enrollment credentials are stored in the hardware of the device. Administrators can view device attestations in the new Device attestation status report and manually force attestation from that report.
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Managed device attestation for iOS/iPadOS and macOS device enrollment and ADE

Mon, 06 May 2024 23:45:36 Z

Intune is bringing ACME and managed device attestation support for eligible Apple devices to GA. This includes device enrollment and ADE enrollments, including AC2. This applies to new enrollments with device enrollment (BYOD) and new enrollments with ADE or Apple Configurator tool.
GA date: April CY2025

Microsoft Intune: Deploy DMG and unmanaged PKG apps enhancement for macOS

Thu, 02 May 2024 23:15:25 Z

Admins will be able to use "available" assignment type for DMG and unmanaged PKG app types for macOS. This enables end users to browse and install these apps in the Mac Company Portal.
GA date: July CY2024

Word: Automatic summary of documents on file-open in Word

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:15:07 Z

Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Improved authoring experience

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:15:07 Z

This updates the Viva Amplify editors for both Outlook and Teams distribution channels to improve previewing and editing. These updates will provide improvements to load time and create a coherent audience selection experience across the channels.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Remote Help for macOS (GCC)

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 23:30:01 Z

GCC customers can now use Remote Help on macOS devices.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Revoke and Delete Cloud PKI Certification Authorities

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 23:15:43 Z

You can now revoke and delete Cloud PKI certification authorities.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Edge: Copilot summarization notification

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 23:30:01 Z

The feature displays an Omnibox notification when users enter into a reading mode eligible page in Edge and offers them the option to open Copilot in the sidebar to generate a summary of the content.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Intune: Resource performance report for Windows physical PCs

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:30:44 Z

The resource performance scores and insights for physical devices help IT admins make CPU/RAM asset management and purchase decisions that improve user experience while balancing hardware costs.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Policy deletion enhancement

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 23:19:14 Z

With this update, admins with appropriate permissions can delete all associated alerts, cases, and users in scope when deleting a policy to help quickly reset and remove inactive policies. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: December CY2024

Planner: Portfolio capabilities in Planner

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:19:53 Z

Structure plans into portfolios and get insights on top of your portfolios
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: October CY2024

OneDrive: Annotate PDFs with Text

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 23:15:03 Z

This feature allows you to annotate and save PDF files with text boxes, when those files are stored in OneDrive and SharePoint. Users can access the annotation feature by opening the PDF in file viewer and selecting “edit”.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Share content from webapp (browser) to Teams chats, channels, and meetings

Tue, 07 May 2024 23:30:56 Z

Users will now be able to share content from a standalone Teams webapp (from the browser) to Teams chats, channels and meetings (before and during the meeting).
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft Viva – Microsoft Copilot Dashboard in Viva Insights Product Updates

Fri, 10 May 2024 22:15:43 Z

Adding trendlines to show metric movements over past 6-month time periods, before vs after Copilot comparisons, and providing the option to view an estimated dollar value for the existing Copilot assisted hours metric.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel with Python

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 23:30:04 Z

With Copilot, you can use natural language to describe the analysis you want to perform, and it will automatically generate, explain, and insert Python code into your Excel spreadsheet. This integration unlocks powerful analytics via Python for visualizations, cleaning data, machine learning, predictive analytics, and more—without needing to be Python proficient yourself.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: September CY2024

SharePoint: eSignature sequential signing

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:15:07 Z

Sequential signing enables the creator of an eSignature request to specify the sequence of recipients. The document is first signed by the initial recipient in the sequence, then forwarded to the subsequent recipient for their signature. This process continues in the designated order until every recipient has added their signature. Once everyone has signed, the signed document is made available to all involved.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights homepage and navigation refresh for organizational leaders

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 22:15:31 Z

Homepage and left-hand navigation will be updated to highlight the value of recently released reports. In addition, a new library page will be introduced where users can filter on metrics by sub-organizations, time periods and peer benchmarks and access all of their available reports.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Create EPM rules based on a support approve requests and reporting entries

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 18:15:49 Z

Admins can now create rules directly from support approval requests and from entries in the elevation report. Previously rules had to be created by hand by entering in all the information about the elevation and how it should be managed.
GA date: August CY2024

Outlook: Meeting recap and meeting artifacts available in Microsoft Outlook

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 23:30:54 Z

Shortly after a meeting ends, meeting participants will automatically get a set of all the meeting artifacts in the calendar for the new Outlook in Windows and web. Included in this set is a quick entry point to the meeting recap page, the transcript, the recording, and any files that were shared. For users with access to intelligent meeting recap, in addition to the entry point to intelligent recap in Microsoft Teams, users will also see highlights like number of speakers, number of name mentions, and suggested tasks directly within Microsoft Outlook. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management- Adaptive scopes

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 23:30:04 Z

Ability to target IRM policies using global Adaptive Scopes. Adaptive scopes within IRM policies allow admins to use existing adaptive scopes created on the Microsoft Purview compliance portal within IRM policies, Adaptive scopes can be created using queries to define user groups dynamically. This feature provides more powerful targeting for policies, allowing different settings to be assigned to users based on attributes from Entra ID without the administrative burden of creating and maintaining groups. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights- Copilot for Sales Metrics & PBI Report

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 23:45:33 Z

Providing Copilot for Sales metrics for Viva Insights analysts in Advanced insights. Copilot for Sales adoption PBI report to provide a starter template to explore Copilot for Sales adoption across the organization.
GA date: October CY2024

Outlook: Prioritize my inbox by Copilot

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 23:30:04 Z

Prioritize my inbox by Copilot marks high priority mails in your inbox and provides a short summary of the mail's importance in the message list and the reading pane. Mails can be sorted and filtered by Copilot's priority. In Web and New Outlook for Windows, you can also choose to have Copilot mark low priority mails. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Detailed error description for LMS setup failures

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 23:30:32 Z

LMS setup form will now have detailed error description for LMS setup failures.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Manual sync trigger options for provider data

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 23:30:32 Z

Customers can manually trigger sync for different data types on Manage providers in Viva Learning admin page.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Sync provider data from a specific date range

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 23:30:32 Z

We are introducing flexibility on provider setup form where admins can sync data from specific dates for a provider instead of full data sync.
GA date: December CY2024

SharePoint: SharePoint site content & policy comparison using AI

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 23:30:04 Z

Secure sites by identifying sites with "similar files" and identifying different policies and settings. Admin now choose a site and compare the contents with ALL other sites. The report provides a percentage on how similar the contents of the sites are and then compares the settings. This helps admin to identify and administer same/similar settings and policies to similar sites all using the power of AI.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Scope service side auto-labeling for OneDrive workloads to users or groups (U.S. Government clouds)

Fri, 12 May 2023 22:23:48 Z

To scope service side auto-labeling for OneDrive locations, you must specify users or groups. Previously, you had to specify sites by URLs. Any existing OneDrive URL sites in auto-labeling policies will continue to work but before you can specify new OneDrive locations, or for restricted admins, you must first delete any existing site URLs. Groups supported: distribution groups, Microsoft 365 groups, mail-enabled security groups, and security groups.

GA date: October CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Potential high impact user experience enhancements

Thu, 27 Jul 2023 23:39:49 Z

We will make some minor experience changes for when a user has been detected as a potential high impact user whose activities may lead to potential data security incidents. These changes will include improving accessibility and providing more prominent highlighting of the reasons for being detected as a potential high impact user. Additionally, we will provide additional descriptors regarding how the risk score booster is applied to the user. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: August CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Policy deletion enhancement

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 23:33:07 Z

GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Potential high impact user experience enhancements

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:06:34 Z

Microsoft Teams: Short meeting URL

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 02:15:52 Z

We are making meeting URL shorter and removing unnecessary symbols/info from there to make it more convenient for sharing
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Barriers v2 support for all new onboarding customers

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:00:21 Z

Microsoft Purview Information Barriers v2 (IB v2) is now available for all new onboarding customers. IB v2 has enhanced architecture which enables the following new features: Large-scale segment support: The segment limit in organizations has increased to 5,000. Multi-segment support: Users can be assigned to up to 10 segments. Flexible user discoverability: Organizations can now choose to allow IB-protected users to discover each other while adhering to IB communication and collaboration policies.
GA date: March CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Custom name for Teams panels

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 23:30:46 Z

Admins can use the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal to assign a custom name to their Teams Rooms Pro or Teams Shared Device licensed panels. This new name displays on the panel's home screen, replacing the global address book name that appears in Outlook or Teams.
GA date: December CY2024

SharePoint: Application Site Creation without Sites.FullControl.All

Tue, 02 May 2023 23:25:18 Z

Currently an application requires Sites.FullControl.All to create new site collections within a tenant. This work will allow applications to use a new scope, Sites.Create.All, to create new site collections without accessing any existing content. During the site creation process the application can request access to the new site, allowing for provisioning scenarios with reduced tenant permissions.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - Audit Search Graph API

Fri, 08 Sep 2023 00:02:18 Z

Microsoft Graph offers a unified API endpoint for accessing data from multiple Microsoft cloud services in a single response. This feature allows our customers to programmatically access the new async Audit Search experience, which also provides improved reliability and search completeness, through Microsoft Graph API.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Modernized user-defined permissions experience

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 00:05:31 Z

A modernized experience for selecting which users should have which permissions when a sensitivity label configured for user-defined permissions is applied to a file in M365 apps or when a user applies protection using standalone Information Rights Management.
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints - Optical character recognition (OCR) support for embedded images in endpoint

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:45:58 Z

This release will extend OCR support from standalone images (JPEG, JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, and PDF) to images embedded inside the following files and file types: Office files (XLSX, DOCX, PPTX), container files (zip, rar, 7z, and more), and PDF files. Image-only PDF files are already supported, and this this release will support hybrid PDF files containing images and searchable text.
GA date: September CY2025
Preview date: August CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint -Update UI/UX admin experience

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:45:58 Z

Update UI/UX admin experience for advanced configuration settings.
GA date: March CY2025

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Create allow directly in Tenant Allow/Block List

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 22:30:02 Z

Admins can create an allow inside the Tenant Allow/Block List to override bulk, spam, and regular confidence phish verdicts directly.
GA date: October CY2024

Outlook: Org Explorer in Outlook for Mac

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 22:30:02 Z

Org Explorer for Outlook helps you to visualize and explore your company’s internal structure, work teams, and individual roles. This feature will now also be available in Outlook for Mac.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

OneDrive: View PDFs with Purview Information Protection sensitivity labels on OneDrive Mobile

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:26 Z

With this capability, OneDrive users can open PDF files that are protected with Microsoft Purview Information Protection sensitivity labels and read them using OneDrive mobile apps in read-only mode. Only authorized users will be able to access these PDF files.
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: August CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Ground prompts using SharePoint Sites

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 23:15:03 Z

Users will be able to search for and select SharePoint Sites in CIQ to scope their prompts to.
GA date: November CY2024

Outlook: RSVP response in meeting invite message for shared calendars

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 23:15:03 Z

Managers and delegates will be able to see the user who has responded to meeting invites in shared calendars. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: October CY2024

SharePoint: SharePoint Pages - Design Ideas

Tue, 02 May 2023 23:25:19 Z

By integrating with the Microsoft Designer service, we can now offer authors beautiful ways to improve the look and feel of their SharePoint pages. This is done through tailored section level design suggestions.

GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Trigger Power automate workflows as outcome of DLP rule match

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 01:00:33 Z

This introduces a new DLP rule action to trigger custom Power automate workflows when a DLP rule is violated.
GA date: February CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Trigger Power automate workflows as outcome of DLP rule match

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 01:00:33 Z

This introduces a new DLP rule action to trigger custom Power automate workflows when a DLP rule is violated.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Decoupling of Policy tips and Email notifications while configuring rules on Data Loss Prevention for Sharepoint and Onedrive

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:15:43 Z

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: March CY2025
Preview date: January CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Decoupling of Policy tips and Email notifications while configuring rules on Data Loss Prevention for Sharepoint and Onedriv

Tue, 14 May 2024 23:30:08 Z

Microsoft Teams: Latest meeting experiences with performance improvements on web for Chrome (for anonymous join only)

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 22:15:57 Z

The latest Teams meetings experience with performance improvements will be available for anonymous users who join Teams meetings on web in Chrome browser.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Performance improvements for anonymous users who join meetings in Edge

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 22:15:57 Z

The latest Teams meetings experience with performance improvements will be available for anonymous users who join Teams meetings on web in Edge browser.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Scheduled prompts

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 23:15:04 Z

Plan ahead by scheduling essential prompts for repeated tasks in Copilot chat. Create a productive routine that helps you stay organized and efficient.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Teams admins in education will now be able to create and publish custom team templates

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:30:36 Z

Education IT admins can now create team templates from Microsoft Teams admin center. As an admin, you can use templates to easily deploy consistent teams across your organization. With templates, your users can quickly create rich collaboration spaces with predefined settings, channels, and apps.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Vote on and archive Questions in Teams Q&A

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 23:15:45 Z

Question voting allows instance participants to upvote the most important questions and sort by highest votes or recent activity. This gives moderators the ability to derive insights from the audience about what topics they care the most about and address them. Additionally, for questions that might be outdated or irrelevant, moderators can move them to a separate feed to ensure that presenters can focus on providing the most value to attendees.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Classic Microsoft Purview Compliance portal will be retired by end of 2024

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 23:15:45 Z

Classic Microsoft Purview Compliance portal will be retired by 2024 and the new Microsoft Purview portal will provide all existing capabilities and more. The new Purview portal offers a streamlined design and a unified experience, allowing you to discover and access data security, data governance, and risk and compliance solutions for all your data, wherever it resides across your data estate.
GA date: December CY2024

SharePoint: Enterprise Application Insights for SharePoint sites

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 23:15:45 Z

Enterprise Application Insights is a powerful report which helps SharePoint Administrators to discover all the SharePoint sites that are allowed access by third-party applications registered in your tenant. The report also provides details on the application's permission and requests count to help admins take further action to strengthen the security of the site. It is part of SharePoint Advanced Management capabilities.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Teams devices - Cancel scheduled device operations through Teams admin center

Mon, 06 May 2024 23:45:36 Z

If a device operation is no longer required, admins will be able to cancel scheduled device operations like, Software update and device restart, through Teams admin center.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Cross workload predicate support on Mac Endpoints (File size, partially scannable, etc.)

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:45:23 Z

With this capability, admins can extend these mentioned predicates to Microsoft Purview DLP for Endpoint: document is unscannable, document didn't complete scanning, document name matches patterns, document size equals or is greater than, document Property Is, and document name contains words or phrases.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: AI Hub - UX enhancements

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 23:30:38 Z

The UX for Microsoft Purview AI Hub will have enhancements so that more recommendations can be displayed and triaged.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: October CY2024

SharePoint: SharePoint Advanced Management - Restricted content discoverability

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 23:15:45 Z

This is part of SharePoint Advanced Management capabilities which allows SharePoint admins to restrict content discoverability in organization-wide search and Copilot experiences.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

Outlook: Sort by category

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:15:31 Z

This adds the ability to sort by category in Outlook for Mac.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

OneNote: Copilot Chat on OneNote for web and in Teams

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:15:31 Z

Bringing the power of Microsoft Copilot to OneNote for web and in Teams.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Download Transcription and View RTMP-In 708 Captions for Town hall and Webinar

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 23:15:45 Z

This feature allows event organizers to download transcripts for their town hall or webinar instances. It also adds support for displaying RTMP-In 708 captions in transcription.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Notify Users about Hidden Content Matches in Communication Compliance

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:15:31 Z

This feature is designed to enhance transparency by introducing a notification banner that alerts users when keywords embedded in hidden content, such as hyperlinks or encoded strings, trigger a compliance policy match. With this update, investigators will be able to quickly recognize that some or all keyword matches are not immediately visible in the main content body, saving time and ensuring a more efficient triage experience.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: October CY2024

Outlook: Newsletters

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 01:00:51 Z

Newsletters in Outlook enable customers to create, distribute, and track success for their internal email newsletters. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and the web. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: November CY2025
Preview date: January CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Oversharing Popups enhancements on Outlook win32 desktop

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:30:11 Z

We are expanding the functionality of oversharing popups (Show policy tip as a dialog) in outlook win32 to support the following: 1) Additional scenarios powered with predicates such as Content is not labeled, Message/Attachment is not labeled, and File extension is, and 2) Customizable oversharing dialog with the ability to configure custom title, body, business justifications, and dynamic variables/tokens for matched recipients, attachment names, and labels.
GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft 365 admin center: Integration of Auto-Claim Policy for Licensing of Microsoft Loop and Microsoft Clipchamp in your Tenant

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:15:15 Z

We're excited to announce an upcoming feature to enhance our Microsoft 365 offerings with a new, innovative auto-claim policy for Microsoft Loop and Microsoft Clipchamp. These two applications can be configured as a policy, allowing users with active base offerings like Microsoft 365 E3/E5 Original SKUs to automatically claim a Microsoft 365 Extra Features E3/E5 license when needed. As they engage with Microsoft Loop and Microsoft Clipchamp, a license from your tenant's pre-provisioned Microsoft 365 Extra Features E3/E5 SKU will be seamlessly assigned to them. This new feature is designed to simplify admin tasks and requirements.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Outlook win32 DLP Policy tip and oversharing popup support for new DLP Predicates

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 01:00:27 Z

Introducing two new DLP Exchange predicates support for DLP Policy tips and Oversharing popups for E5 users: "Message contains" and "Attachment contains" with a focus on client-side evaluation on specific email components like email body or attachments only. Unlike the broader "Content contains" predicate that evaluated entire email envelope, these enable targeted DLP evaluation on specific email components only and show DLP Policy tips and oversharing popups accordingly in Outlook win32.
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Image generation in Copilot chat

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 22:30:02 Z

Create images using natural language to visualize concepts and ideas within the flow of work in Copilot for Microsoft 365.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on Mac Endpoints

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 23:15:23 Z

Purview policies like Data loss prevention (DLP) auto labelling can scan for sensitive content in most of the textual files, but images are not supported for content scanning today on Mac endpoint devices. We are adding OCR support on Mac endpoints to detect sensitive content in images and apply policies to protect these images.
GA date: April CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Setup wizard UX improvements for Workday integration

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 23:30:03 Z

The Workday setup wizard will be modular and more intuitive going forward.
GA date: December CY2024

OneDrive: View PDFs with Purview Information Protection sensitivity labels on OneDrive Web

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 23:30:03 Z

With this capability, OneDrive users can open PDF files that are protected with Microsoft Purview Information Protection sensitivity labels and read them using OneDrive web in read-only mode. Only authorized users will be able to access these PDF files.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Support for Document Property Predicate on Endpoint DLP

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 23:30:03 Z

With this capability, admins can extend the condition 'Document Property is' to Microsoft Purview DLP for Endpoint.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Sensitivity analysis for policy tuning

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 23:16:10 Z

With this update, admins with appropriate permissions will have the ability to view a sensitivity analysis, which shows the count of users in the organization that would meet specific indicator thresholds. The sensitivity analysis is presented as a bar chart, with potential inputs of an indicator threshold on the x-axis and the corresponding count of users on the y-axis. Admins can utilize this chart to make informed decisions on which threshold to apply for each indicator. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: August CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Sensitivity analysis for policy tuning

Thu, 27 Jul 2023 23:39:47 Z

GA date: March CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Enhanced content extraction and file type coverage for DLP on Windows devices

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 23:13:59 Z

With this release, the file type coverage to scan, classify and protect sensitive content on windows endpoint devices with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention policies will increase from current ~40 file types to 100+ file types. This release will make the coverage of file types on endpoint consistent with other locations such as Exchange, SharePoint, and OneDrive. This will also include other enhancements like detecting label from pfile, detecting sensitive content in metadata, and detecting sensitive content in PDF forms.

GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: June CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Teams Meetings will take the meeting chat into account

Fri, 16 Feb 2024 00:45:00 Z

When you ask Copilot in Teams Meetings a question, it will use the chat and transcript as the source.
GA date: September CY2024

Outlook: Redesigned Message Bars on Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:15:19 Z

Infobars on Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows are redesigned to be more effective at conveying relevant information and communicating possible actions. They are also dismissible in the Compose form. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: May CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Learner Record Sync (LRS) logs

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:15:43 Z

Sync logs in the Viva Learning admin tab with information about assignment and completion-related ingestion errors.
GA date: December CY2024

Outlook: New RSVP settings in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Thu, 02 May 2024 23:15:25 Z

Two new settings to improve the user experience when responding to meeting invitations: (1) do not delete invitation email after RSVPing and (2) auto-decline if the attendee's calendar shows as busy. These features will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage - Topic Subscription notification

Mon, 06 May 2024 23:45:36 Z

This feature allows users to subscribe to notifications for Viva Engage topics they follow. Users will receive a Viva Engage bell notification when a new post is tagged with a topic they are subscribed to or when the topic is added to an existing post.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Mute user for network

Tue, 07 May 2024 23:30:56 Z

With this feature, Engage admins can remove specific users' posts from the Engage home feed, storylines feed, and all email digests. Selected users are not notified about this change. Engage admins may find this feature helps to moderate the visibility of content in the network. Mute user for network is part of a suite of moderation features in Engage, including view-only mode, close conversations, and more.
GA date: August CY2024

Outlook: Intune policy available for specific primary account in the new Outlook for Windows

Thu, 16 May 2024 23:15:55 Z

This adds Intune policy in the new Outlook for Windows to a specific primary account based on Active Directory Primary SMTP address. This will ease the setup process for new managed devices and guarantee that company policies will always be respected. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Save filters for Activity Explorer

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 23:30:43 Z

This adds the ability to save the filters applied to Activity Explorer and use them later.
GA date: February CY2025

Outlook: Go to folder shortcut in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:28 Z

When focused on the folder pane, users can now press CTRL + Y to quickly navigate to a folder. Simply press the first letter of the folder name to move focus directly to that folder. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - New workload for Copilot in Content Explorer

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:28 Z

With this change, customers will start seeing a new Copilot location within the Content Explorer. This will have all the sensitive information which is present in Copilot conversations
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: November CY2024

Outlook: Replace quick compose pop-up with inline appointment creation in new Outlook for Windows and web

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 23:15:43 Z

When single clicking on an empty time slot on the calendar surface, the quick compose pop-up will no longer be shown - instead, you will be able to create an appointment by typing directly in the time slot on the calendar grid, just as you can in classic Outlook for Windows. There will be no change to double click behavior, the full compose form will still open as it does today. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: November CY2024

Outlook: Pinned ability to always see who is in the office based on Work Hours and Location

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 23:00:27 Z

This roadmap item was released earlier than expected and unfortunately, we missed making this update. We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused. This introduces an "always on" ability to see who is in the office based on Work Hours and Location. This information will be pinned (available) on the top-right corner of the Calendar surface in the new Outlook for Windows and web. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Enhanced content extraction and file type coverage for DLP on Windows devices

Fri, 13 Sep 2024 22:15:36 Z

With this release, the file type coverage to scan, classify and protect sensitive content on windows endpoint devices with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention policies will increase from current ~40 file types to 100+ file types. This release will make the coverage of file types on endpoint consistent with other locations such as Exchange, SharePoint and OneDrive. This will also include other enhancements like detecting label from pfile, detecting sensitive content in metadata, and detecting sensitive content in PDF forms.
GA date: March CY2025

Outlook: Grant mail delegate sharing permissions from the new Outlook

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:15:37 Z

Delegate access for mailbox and folders can be granted from the new Outlook app. Users will be able to view the permissions granted for a mailboxes and folders. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: July CY2025

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Easily write a prompt or choose quick actions from the Copilot icon in your Word doc

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 20:00:09 Z

The Copilot icon in your document margin makes it easy to quickly add a prompt or choose from a range of quick options Copilot can offer.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Easily write a prompt or choose quick actions from the Copilot icon in your Word doc

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 20:00:09 Z

The Copilot icon in your document margin makes it easy to quickly add a prompt or choose from a range of quick options Copilot can offer.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - | Maintain label and protection when import data to PowerBI (Web and Desktop)

Fri, 20 Jan 2023 23:27:35 Z

This feature is for PowerBI creators who import data to PowerBI datasets or PowerBI Desktop files from Excel files applied with sensitivity label and/or Synapse, SQL databases that are classified with sensitivity labels. By default, PowerBI datasets and PBIX files will automatically inherit the sensitivity label from the source if perquisite conditions are met.
GA date: July CY2023
Preview date: August CY2021

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Object Character Recognition (OCR) support for embedded images in Exchange Online and Microsoft Teams

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

Currently, Object Character Recognition (OCR) is available only for standalone images. This update supports OCR for images embedded in: 1. Hybrid PDF files, which are PDF files with both images and searchable text. 2. Office files with the extensions DOCX, PPTX, XLSX. 3. Container files such as zip, rar, 7z, and more.

GA date: February CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Bulk export of learner completion records

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:00:21 Z

Learner Completion Record bulk export is an extension of an existing feature to download Learner record by username. Bulk export empowers enterprises to download learner records of multiple users in one go using the M365 groups.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Describe it to design it within Teams Workflows

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:15:19 Z

Can't find a workflow template that matches what you need? You will now be able to describe in detail on how you want your automation to work and from that description generate a workflow to match your needs.
GA date: September CY2024

Bookings: SMS Notifications for Staff scheduled appointments in Bookings (Premium)

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 23:15:22 Z

If you have a Microsoft Teams Premium license you can now set up SMS text notifications in Microsoft Bookings to be sent to the person booking an appointment. Currently, SMS notifications will be sent only when appointments are scheduled by an attendee via a published booking page. With this update, the capability is extended to include sending SMS confirmations and reminders to the attendee when appointments are booked through the calendar scheduling experience in Bookings by a scheduler or a staff member.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Open locked records as read only

Mon, 06 May 2024 23:45:36 Z

Files with retention labels marking them as locked records will now open as read only to prevent user edits.
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Enhanced incident communication with DLP email templates

Wed, 22 May 2024 23:30:29 Z

You can now elevate your DLP incident management with the power of customizable email templates designed to send email messages to your stakeholders when an event is generated for DLP Policy match. With dynamic variables and tokens at your disposal, you can effortlessly create and maintain email templates, ensuring consistency and efficiency in your communications, along with a documented audit trail. You can use these email templates to inform end users about incidents, their severity, or the analyst's recommendations; stay on top of remediation efforts by sending follow-up notifications to end users with due dates; keep analysts informed about incident updates and assignments; trigger escalation notifications to managers or other custom targets; notify approvers of pending items with ease; and many more scenarios like these.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Receive coaching on your writing in Copilot in Word

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 23:30:01 Z

The Copilot context menu will include an option for getting AI-generated coaching. Copilot will review the writing and offer suggestions for high-impact areas, such as logical structure, flow, and tone.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Add brand images in M365 Copilot from SharePoint organization asset libraries

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 23:15:35 Z

Copilot in PowerPoint and Word connects with your SharePoint organization asset library, making it easy to find and add images approved by your company to keep your presentation or document on brand.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Open locked records as read only

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 23:30:29 Z

Files with retention labels marking them as locked records will now open as read only to prevent user edits.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: External presenters can join on mobile

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 23:45:19 Z

This update allows presenters who were invited using the external presenter feature to join via their Android and iOS Teams client.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Intelligent Recap for GCC High environment

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 23:15:13 Z

Intelligent meeting recap uses AI to provide a quick summary of your meeting, highlighting key discussion points, identifying follow-up actions, and offering quick access to significant points such as name mentions, when a screen was shared, individualized speaker markers, topics, and chapters.
GA date: November CY2024

Outlook: Checking feedback policy across all accounts

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:50 Z

Currently, when we determine whether a user is entitled to submit feedback, we only look at the feedback policy for their primary (global) account. Going forward, we are going to make the feedback policy check more restrictive which is more secure. We'll be looking at feedback policies for all users' accounts and basing their eligibility off the most restrictive policy value found. For example, if any of the users' accounts have Feedback disabled by a policy, we won't show the Feedback button in the Help tab of the ribbon for any of their accounts. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Intune: MacOS user certs to be deployed in user keychain

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 23:15:19 Z

We are now announcing a significant enhancement in MacOS: the ability to store certificates in the user keychain. Previously, certificates were automatically stored in the device keychain, regardless of user or device type.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Roster grouping for in-room participants through proximity join for Teams Rooms on Windows

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 23:15:54 Z

When joining a meeting in a Microsoft Teams Room on Windows with a companion device, in-room participants will be grouped under the room node. Participants must join through Proximity Join with Microsoft Teams Rooms.
GA date: September CY2024

SharePoint: Authoring Copilot in SharePoint

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 22:45:32 Z

Authoring Copilot in SharePoint combines the power of Large Language Models (LLMs), your data in the Microsoft Graph, and best practices to create engaging new web pages. It can utilize built-in templates or custom templates from your organization, along with existing documents as grounding data, to generate high-quality page content. All of this is achieved while upholding our commitment to data security and privacy in the enterprise.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Message/Attachment contains EXO predicates

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 22:45:32 Z

Introducing two new DLP Exchange predicates: "Message contains" and "Attachment contains" with a focus on DLP evaluation on only specific email components like email body or attachments. Unlike the broader "Content contains" predicate that evaluated entire email envelope, these enable targeted DLP evaluation on specific email components.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage - User-level mute

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 22:45:32 Z

The mute user feature will allow users to remove other users' posts from their feeds and digests. Users cannot mute designated leaders. Muting a user does not block notifications or at-mentions from that user. Admins can turn this feature on or off for the entire network.
GA date: January CY2025

Planner: Add premium capabilities to Planner

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:27:12 Z

Add premium capabilities like sprint planning, people view, goals, custom fields, and task history to your plans within the Planner Teams app.
GA date: June CY2024

Outlook: To Do app opens in the Classic Outlook for Windows

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:15:15 Z

We are updating the tittle and description to highlight that this feature is coming to the Classic Outlook for Windows, we apologize for the inconvenience it might have caused. Use the To Do app without leaving the Classic Outlook for Windows! Click the To Do icon in the navigation bar to open inline without opening in a separate browser window.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Lab - Share a prompt to a Microsoft Teams team

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 23:30:51 Z

Share custom prompts with members of a Microsoft Teams team, allowing team members to easily discover and utilize these prompts in Copilot Lab.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Updates to in-app feedback experience and policies for Desktop & Web clients

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 23:15:25 Z

We are updating the Settings menu for “Help & Feedback” and the in-app “Give Feedback/Suggest a Feature” experience for Teams Desktop & Web clients. Teams Desktop and Web clients will no longer use Microsoft Teams feedback policies for the in-app “Give Feedback/Suggest a Feature” experience, and instead use the Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Shared tab in chat

Wed, 15 May 2024 23:30:02 Z

The Files tab in chat is now ‘Shared’. The shared tab shows all the files and links that were sent in the chat, making it easier to find them- all in one place. Channels are not affected by this change.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Lab - Share a prompt with a coworker

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:15:19 Z

Easily create, save, and share your favorite prompts using Copilot Lab, inspiring your co-workers to acheive more with Copilot.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Lab - New and trending prompts

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 22:15:57 Z

Keep track of new and trending prompts in your organization in Copilot Lab.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: EDU tenant type selection in policy wizard

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 00:00:28 Z

Admins can now select tenant type for their institution from the policy wizard. This setting can be changed anytime from the wizard.
GA date: November CY2024

Outlook: Calendar grid keyboard navigation via arrow keys in new Outlook for Windows and web

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 23:15:43 Z

When focused on the calendar grid, you will be able to navigate the time slots on the calendar via left/right/up/down arrow keys in day, week, and work week views. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports - Integrated apps and Copilot extensions

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:30:14 Z

The Teams app usage report will be renamed to the Integrated Apps usage report and redesigned with new metrics and charts. These will provide insights into apps enabled for Teams, Outlook, Microsoft 365 apps, and Microsoft 365 Copilot (Copilot extensions) in your organization. The report will feature two sections: App Usage and User Activity. Insights will be organized by Publishing Type (Line-of-business apps, Microsoft partner apps, and Microsoft apps), Host Product (Teams, Microsoft 365 app, Outlook, Copilot), and Platform (Desktop, Mobile, Web). Additionally, the report will include views of app and user details.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Collaborative authoring

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:30:14 Z

Multiple authors can collaborate on a Viva Amplify publication at the same time.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Enrich triage in Communication Compliance with Insider Risk context

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 23:15:19 Z

Enhance the triage experience in communication compliance with Insider Risk Insights. This integration provides investigators with a deeper understanding of the risk profile of message senders, along with a more comprehensive view of the sender’s risk severity and historical risk-related actions. With this enriched context, investigators are empowered to make more informed and effective remediation decisions, ensuring a robust compliance posture.
GA date: December CY2024

Outlook: New Modern Themes

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:30:14 Z

Adding four new themes to Outlook for Windows and the Outlook Web App. These themes will bring more personalization and expressiveness to your email client.
GA date: November CY2024

Outlook: Meeting details card for shared and delegated calendar invites

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 23:30:03 Z

Delegates will be able to see the shared calendar event details, including the principal calendar, in the meeting details card on meeting invite messages. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Sensitivity labels to protect Microsoft Teams shared channels

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 23:19:16 Z

Sensitivity labels will protect Microsoft Teams shared controls with sharing and discovery controls. Note: The release phase and rollout start month have been updated to show current status. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Automatically set work location on bookable desks

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:30:01 Z

The user's work location can be automatically set to 'In the office' upon plug-in to peripherals at a bookable desk. Once IT enables the policy for a tenant or a group, users can opt-in to automatically update their location making it easier to connect with co-workers when they are in the office.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Advanced analytics

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:30:07 Z

These updates to Amplify Reports and Analytics provide a series of improvements to the existing experience, such as large audience scenarios to better reflect reach across the enterprise. Viva Amplify reports will now be integrated with Campaign Brief and will also include historical data. This data will be available as graphs on the reports and to download as a CSV. There will also be features for copying charts as images and downloading to PowerPoint. The historical data experience provides unique views, promotions, and reactions for the last 7, 30, 90 days, and the last 12 months.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Required approval

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:26 Z

Coming soon, you'll be able to require approval at the campaign level for all your Amplify publications. The require approval feature brings compliance, accountability, and workflows to Lightweight Approvals in Amplify. By enabling required approval for a campaign, stakeholders can ensure that all campaign content adheres to organizational standards and receive the necessary approval before publishing, thus minimizing risks and errors. You can require approval at the campaign level so that all Amplify publications within the campaign go through the approval process before the content is published. This is an optional setting that a user can choose to apply to a campaign. By requiring approval, organizations can apply a significant level of quality and security to their content, ensuring every piece of content aligns perfectly with their standards and expectations before it is published.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Copy a publication within a campaign

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 23:15:01 Z

Gone are the days where you must rewrite or manually copy and paste content from an old publication to a newly drafted one to reuse it. Soon in Viva Amplify, you will be able to copy a publication within an existing campaign with just a few clicks. This new feature streamlines the content creation process, enabling communicators to easily reuse existing content across SharePoint, Outlook, and Teams, including all channel-specific customizations and related audiences, saving you time and effort.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Forms: New data sync solution to Excel for the web in Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint Online

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 23:30:20 Z

New forms created from Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint Online will use the new data sync solution.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights - New Business Chat prompts submitted through Teams

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 23:30:20 Z

This adds new Business Chat prompts submitted through Teams metric to Copilot dashboard and Viva Insights Advanced insights.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Edge: Edge Settings Improvements

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 23:30:20 Z

Edge Settings is migrating to WebUI2 to boost page responsiveness and introducing a series of minor visual and content upgrades to improve overall usability and utility. This includes optimizing for concise wording of individual settings, simplifying the number of pages and reorganizing content, and creating a cohesive user interface.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Private thumbnail using SharePoint links for courses

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:16:00 Z

Private thumbnail using SharePoint links for courses hosted at SuccessFactors can be displayed at Viva Learning.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Auto-labeling policies support Fingerprinting SITs

Wed, 08 May 2024 23:45:39 Z

Admins can now automatically label files and emails with Fingerprinting SITs via auto-labeling policies.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Third party add-in user report can be sent to Microsoft for analysis

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 22:30:02 Z

Admins and security analysts of organizations who use a third-party reporting add-in in Outlook can configure using user-reported settings to send their user reports to Microsoft for analysis and learning.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot inference and evaluation policy for Copilot in Teams meetings

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 23:30:38 Z

This policy enables IT admins to block Copilot responses that might infer emotions, make evaluations, discuss personal traits, and use context to deduce answers. When this setting is applied it restricts copilot’s ability to make inferences or evaluations about people or groups when prompted to do so by users. Users cannot disable this setting. The setting applies to Copilot in Teams meetings.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - AI & Copilot Resources provider

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:15:47 Z

The AI & Copilot Resources provider will power the OOB Microsoft Copilot Academy and will be visible by default to users who have Copilot licenses. Admins will be able to enable, disable, and apply permissions on the content of this provider.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Ability to duplicate Microsoft Copilot Academy

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:45:23 Z

Admins will be able to duplicate Copilot Academy and customize it for their own requirements. They will also be able to duplicate Microsoft curated Learning paths and featured Set.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights - New Copilot adoption metrics and completing total actions taken

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:16:00 Z

This adds seven new Copilot adoption metrics to the Copilot dashboard and Viva Insights Advanced insights. It also updates the "total actions taken" metric in the Copilot dashboard to include these new Copilot adoption metrics.
GA date: October CY2024

Outlook: Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Policy tips revamp for New Outlook

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:16:00 Z

Introducing new and improved DLP Policy tips in New Outlook for all E5 users. New DLP will support top DLP predicates and exceptions, all advanced classifiers, and override capabilities for E5 users. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery - eDiscovery Graph API for purge enhancements to include Exchange items and expand purge limit from 10 to 100

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 23:30:14 Z

Outlook: Meeting Details in the Reading Pane on Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows

Wed, 01 May 2024 23:15:54 Z

When a conversation in Mail is part of a meeting, the Reading Pane will have a new and improved Meeting Details card for a more efficient and modern RSVP flow. This will come to Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Scope shared or delegated mailbox access for emails in Business Chat

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 23:30:37 Z

Scope Copilot queries in emails for shared or delegated mailboxes.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft 365 admin center: Microsoft 365 Copilot suggested users license assignment flow

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:15:31 Z

Microsoft 365 Copilot suggested user license assignment flow is a new feature in the Microsoft 365 admin center designed to help organizations streamline Microsoft 365 Copilot license assignment and optimize utilization. This feature uses a data-driven approach to suggest users who are in the best position to gain the most value from Microsoft 365 Copilot and efficiently assign licenses to these users.
GA date: November CY2024

OneDrive: Hide people previewing files in OneDrive and SharePoint

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 23:30:37 Z

This setting will allow administrators to disable the presence feature in the OneDrive and SharePoint file previewing experience on selected sites.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Edge: Rewrite by Copilot in Edge is being upgraded to include enterprise data protection compliance standards

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 23:30:37 Z

Rewrite by Copilot in Edge, which lets users edit typed text for tone, format, and length within an open page in Microsoft Edge, is being updated to include enterprise data protection for commercial customers. Once Rewrite is available, users signed in with a Microsoft Entra ID will have enterprise data protection when using the feature in Microsoft Edge.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/edge
GA date: February CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Refreshed view of all your teams and channels page

Wed, 14 Aug 2024 23:00:31 Z

A new ‘your teams and channels’ view provides you with a centralized hub where you can see all your teams and navigate to their channels from one page. This interface streamlines your workflows, enabling you to quickly access and manage your teams and channels.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery - Review set query report

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 23:09:39 Z

Within a review set, generate and download a hit-by-term report on a KQL query. Quickly see the count and volume of the items hit on a particular keyword or a list of compound queries.
GA date: February CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery - Review set query report

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 00:45:58 Z

Access: Modern Chart Improvements

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 23:45:21 Z

A top ask from customers is to modernize Access charts and to support better data visualization in Access. To satisfy this user request, we are integrating a new charting package called “Ivy” into Access. Ivy is a charting package written by the Office DVX team that is currently used in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Adaptive Protection and Conditional Access

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 22:45:31 Z

Organizations can use insider risk levels in their Conditional Access policies. This includes some minor experience changes in the Adaptive Protection tab in Insider Risk Management, including adding total counts for Conditional Access policies that use Adaptive Protection and new user insights in the user activity timeline when a user is added or removed from an insider risk level. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Language expansion coming in M365 Copilot

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:15:47 Z

The Copilot for Microsoft 365 team is working on supporting 12 new languages across all M365 Copilot features: Bulgarian, Croatian, Estonian, Greek, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenia, and Vietnamese. They're also improving the handling of these language variants: Dutch (Belgium), German (Switzerland), English (UK), Spanish (Mexico), and French (Canada).
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Customer Facing Reports via Insights Integration

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 23:15:50 Z

Org level breakdown of Learning metrics in Viva Insights.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Copilot Dashboard - Non-Copilot cohort and exclusion list using AAD Groups (Entra ID)

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 22:30:01 Z

For the Copilot dashboard, the non-Copilot user cohort list and exclusion list can be managed by Global Administrators using AAD (Azure Active Directory) Groups.
GA date: November CY2024

OneDrive: Sync - Shared Item Delete and Local Mass Delete Confirmation Dialogs

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:50 Z

We are shipping an items delete confirmation that will trigger when the user is about to delete shared items. This UI format will also replace the existing mass delete experience. These confirmations will occur when files are deleted from File Explorer when the user is running OneDrive and not paused.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): UX Transparency for Web Queries

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 23:15:50 Z

With UX transparency of web grounding in Copilot, users will now be able to see the exact queries sent by Copilot in response to a user's prompt to the web for grounding, along with the list of websites being queried, enhancing their awareness over the process.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Sensitivity labels protection policy support for Microsoft Fabric

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 23:15:50 Z

Your organization can now apply sensitivity labels in Microsoft Purview Information Protection to Microsoft Fabric workspaces. This new functionality will allow users to manually label Fabric items with their sensitivity level and then apply access control protections based upon the protection policies set by administrators.
GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - DLP support for Fabric Lakehouse

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 23:15:50 Z

DLP policy support for Fabric will allow admins to further scope DLP policies to lakehouses in addition to Power BI (which is supported today). Now in Fabric lakehouses, DLP policies can help audit and notify users through Policy Tips based upon sensitive content.
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: October CY2024

Excel: Refresh queries from Authenticated Data Sources in Excel for the Web

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 23:16:17 Z

You can now refresh Power Query data from data sources that require authentication in Excel for the Web.

GA date: December CY2024

Outlook: Reset People Suggestions in Search

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 23:13:00 Z

This feature will allow users to reset, export, and/or opt out of people suggestions in search through Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows settings. If a reset is done, all versions of Outlook will reflect the change. Note: The release month and status have been updated to show current state. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
GA date: September CY2024

Outlook: Actionable card based Loop components

Thu, 19 Oct 2023 23:13:21 Z

Add a Microsoft 365 app that supports link unfurling with an actionable card-based Loop component, and Outlook will show the component when inserting supported links in your email messages. You will be able to choose between the new embedded card or a link when sending email.

GA date: September CY2025

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Bing search integration brings the power of the web to your chats in Word

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:15:11 Z

Ask Copilot a question in Word chat, and Copilot generates an answer using the power of integrated Bing search. And you never have to leave the app.
GA date: July CY2024

Exchange: High Volume Email for Microsoft 365

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:15:19 Z

High Volume Email is a new service for line of business applications and other high-volume SMTP scenarios that enables you to send internal messages beyond the current limits of Exchange Online.
GA date: September CY2025
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage – pin post to leadership corner

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 00:30:40 Z

Admins and corporate communicators will be able to pin one post that will show at the top of everyone's leadership corner
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Summary in Chat support for document text selection

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:45:30 Z

Summary requests in chat can be limited to operate only on the user-selected text in the document, rather than operating in large part against the entire document.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Charts, Graphs and Data Analysis in Copilot for Microsoft 365

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 23:15:10 Z

Use prompts to create charts, graphs, and data analysis in Business Chat.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Ability to increase configuration of CPU and GPU device resource utilization limits in Forensic Evidence

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 23:15:10 Z

Insider Risk Management Administrators will now be able to increase the CPU and GPU device resource utilization limit for all devices uploading Forensic Evidence clips in their organization. Forensic Evidence will now allow up to 31% CPU and GPU device resource utilization, up from the prior maximum limit of 5%. This enhancement reduces interruptions in the recording and uploading of clips. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Contact sync to Android-based Teams devices from Teams admin center

Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:15:31 Z

IT admins can push a set of contacts from the Teams admin center (TAC) to Teams devices as speed dial contacts.
GA date: January CY2025

SharePoint: Content Pane for SharePoint Pages and News.

Tue, 02 May 2023 23:25:11 Z

The content pane is a new place for relevant panes that help authors create their publications. With the introduction of this centralized location, a new toolbox will help authors quickly browse and add content to create rich and engaging pages. The content pane will include additional panes such as configuration tools, design ideas, etc. Within Viva Amplify, the content pane is also used to host the distribution channel selection, writing guidance, and audience selection.
GA date: July CY2024

SharePoint: Improvements for document library version history limits

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 23:29:58 Z

We are introducing new version controls that help tenant and site admins or document library owners reduce the storage footprint driven by low value file versions. Today, document library owners can set count-based version limits at the individual document library level. With the upcoming changes, tenant and site admins or document library owners will have two version history settings: 1) Automatic mode that intelligently expires new and existing version based on their age and restore probability, and 2) Manual mode that will allow admins to set time-based version expiration and count limits on new and existing versions. These controls enable admins to set an appropriate level of recoverability and auditability for their organization balanced with storage usage considerations. Version history limits and management also apply to OneDrive for Business.
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance: Enhanced Policy Conditions

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 23:14:13 Z

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 using sample messages, you can evaluate how your conditions will perform and fine-tune them to align with your compliance goals.

GA date: May CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Stream: Video trim feature

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:44:10 Z

Microsoft Stream (on SharePoint) will soon introduce a video trimming feature which will allow users with edit permissions to trim the start, end and any parts in the middle of a video. When you trim a video, Stream won’t change the original video file itself. Instead, it just hides the trimmed parts from your viewers. When you're done trimming you can toggle to the preview mode to see the trimmed video just like your viewers will see. When a video is trimmed the transcript and chapters will be adjusted automatically to reflect only what is shown in the video. People with edit permission will be able to see full original content and edit or delete those trimmed parts. When available this feature can be accessed by opening a video in the Stream web app and taping the edit button.

GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Stream: Delete option in Stream Web App

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 23:00:39 Z

Stream is adding a delete option to the Stream Web App. If a user has editing permissions to a video in Stream, they will be able to delete a video directly from the Stream Web App by clicking the delete button on the command bar and confirming the action. The video file will be sent to the Recycle Bin of the OneDrive or SharePoint page the video was hosted on and any access to the video will lead to a page informing the user that the video has been removed.
GA date: April CY2024

OneDrive: Change to shared folder experience in OneDrive

Tue, 07 May 2024 23:30:56 Z

We're making a change to the shared folder experience in OneDrive. Currently, when a user opens a shared folder in OneDrive, they are taken to a view of that folder within the sharers OneDrive. In the new experience, opening a shared folder will take the user to the shared folder within the People view of their own OneDrive. This view, organized by people, shows and allows access to all the files and folders that have been shared with the user.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Rename general channel

Tue, 07 May 2024 23:30:56 Z

In our efforts to bridge the gaps between general and other channels, introducing the ability to rename the general channel in your team. General channel in a team can be renamed by the team owner, or member (if they have permissions), to show up in the teams and channels list in alphabetical order.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Block a user for your organization

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 23:00:27 Z

With the availability of the delete API (removeallaccessforuser API), it does not stop the malicious user from resending the message to the same victim. To help prevent that, a block user API will allow the admin to block the malicious user from reaching out again. To make this even more effective, we will utilize a similar feature as the allow/block list in federation to block the malicious user from the entire organization.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Queues app on Teams phone devices

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 23:15:19 Z

Queues app on Teams phone devices enhances call management capabilities by allowing agents to handle incoming calls, view call queues, and manage call history directly from their Teams phone devices, improving efficiency and ensuring effortless communication for agents.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Collaborative call delegation on Teams phone devices

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:16:00 Z

Teams phone device users will be able to share access to their phone line with a specific group of users, without a structured delegation system. This enables group members to receive calls and initiate calls on behalf of others, enabling a simple and collaborative communication experience.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Shared call history for call delegation on Teams phone devices

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 23:30:46 Z

Call delegators and their delegates can now view shared call history records for the shared line directly on their Teams phone devices. This enhancement promotes greater transparency and collaboration. All delegates associated with a user will be able to monitor incoming and outgoing calls for the shared line, irrespective of their participation in the call.
GA date: January CY2025

Outlook: Choose between Copilot Business Chat with web or work grounding

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 23:15:42 Z

In Outlook for iOS and Android, you will soon be able to choose whether Microsoft 365 Copilot Business Chat uses Microsoft 365 Graph (work) or Web grounding via a Work/Web toggle within the chat interface, just like you can at microsoft365.com/chat. Web grounding will be available for all commercial Microsoft 365 customers, while Graph grounding will require a Copilot for Microsoft 365 license.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage - Recommended comments

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 23:15:42 Z

Viva Engage will offer a new way to see contributions from close contacts and leaders within conversation threads. In the home feed and More for You feed, users see two comments that are meaningful to them and the overall conversation. Users can see the rest of the conversation with one click. There are no changes to the comment, reply, or reaction experiences with this new feature.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Stream: Pay-as-you-go transcript translations

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:15:15 Z

Make your content more inclusive by creating videos that your coworkers can easily view and understand in their primary language. Transcript translations in Stream (on SharePoint) give you the option to translate the transcript and closed captions of your Stream videos into more than 100 supported languages. To enable translations Admins must first setup billing using an Azure subscription, then they must be enable the feature in the M365 Admin center. Once enabled translations are billed via pay-as-you-go meters.
More info: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/microsoft-syntex-pay-as-you-go-transcript-translations-in-stream-for-sharepoint-2e34ad1b-e213-47ed-a806-5cc0d88751de
GA date: March CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot in Excel - Graph Grounded Chat

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 22:15:32 Z

Ask Copilot for answers grounded in your work content from the Microsoft Graph—your chats, documents, meetings, and emails—beyond your active Excel workbook. If you’re analyzing a workbook and want to enhance your understanding using information from another source in your tenant, just ask Copilot in Excel.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Message/Attachment contains EXO predicates

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 01:00:27 Z

Introducing two new DLP Exchange predicates: "Message contains" and "Attachment contains" with a focus on DLP evaluation on specific email components like email body or attachments only. Unlike the broader "Content contains" predicate that evaluated entire email envelope, these enable targeted DLP evaluation on specific email components only.
GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: eDiscovery - Enhancements for eDiscovery support of Loop content

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 01:00:51 Z

Now eDiscovery admins can review Loop components created in Outlook or Teams within eDiscovery (Premium) as rendered HTML files to help understand the content that has been created within the Loop component. Once the component has been reviewed, it can then be exported as an HTML file to meet the requirements of the case.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Purview: Insider Risk Management - Microsoft Fabric risk indicators in Insider Risk Management

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 23:15:49 Z

With this update, Insider Risk Management extends its risk-detection capabilities to Microsoft Fabric products by offering ready-to-use risk indicators based on user activities in Power BI. Organizations can use these new indicators in data theft and data leaks policies. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Engage content in Workplace Search

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 23:15:13 Z

As users search in office.com, sharepoint.com, bing at work they will find content from Viva Engage in the search results. We will first start with question posts and then roll out discussion posts from Engage.
GA date: September CY2024

Outlook: Apply coaching suggestions for Coaching by Copilot

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 23:30:51 Z

Apply coaching suggestions will allow users to request a complete rewrite of their email based on feedback from Coaching by Copilot and in one click, accept and rewrite their email with those suggestions.
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: August CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - New logs for Audit activities

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 23:30:14 Z

Activities performed by users within the Purview Audit feature, like submitting an Audit search query, viewing and exporting Audit logs, and deleting search history, will now begin to generate Audit logs.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Enhancements to the device onboarding page

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:15:35 Z

This adds new enhancements to the device onboarding page, including these: search by IP address to look up devices, filter using the new "Valid user" filter, use a refined device list to only include devices that can be DLP supported (exclude Android devices from showing in the device onboarding list), and use new properties in the export report (valid user, first onboarded date, MDATP device ID, Defender engine version, Defender Mocamp version, Endpoint DLP status, last policy sync time, and Advanced Classification bandwidth usage exceeded).
GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - Blanket custom retention policies which apply to all Audit recordTypes

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 23:45:13 Z

Microsoft Purview is enhancing the Audit custom retention policy experience. With this change, customers can now create blanket custom retention policies which will apply to all Audit recordTypes. This capability will become available in addition to the existing support of manually selecting specific recordTypes in the custom policy.
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Voting, Filtering, Sorting, and Archiving Questions now available in the Q&A App on Teams

Fri, 31 May 2024 22:30:03 Z

Take your Q&A to the next level with this new update that lets attendees vote on the questions they want presenters to answer. Organizers can sort questions by most voted, filter, and archive questions to keep the discussion focused in meetings and events.
GA date: September CY2024

Outlook: Use the Alt key to bring up key tips in new Outlook for Windows

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 23:15:44 Z

Users in new Outlook will now be able to use the Alt key to bring up key tips when using keyboard navigation. This behavior was previously Win+Alt. Other Outlook apps will not be impacted by these changes. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Use Copilot to search for answers from the web

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:30:44 Z

Use Copilot in Excel to search for answers from the web and add it to your Excel workbook.
GA date: December CY2024

Outlook: Chat with Copilot in Outlook mobile

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 23:15:04 Z

The same Microsoft Copilot experience available in new Outlook for Windows, web, and classic Outlook soon will be available in Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android through the module switcher.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Connections News Notifications in Gov Clouds

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:26 Z

With this release, existing news notifications in Viva Connections will now be available in GCC, GCCH and DoD. News notifications are delivered via Microsoft Teams in the desktop, mobile, and web environments in the following scenarios: News is published to a SharePoint team or communication site a user follows or by someone a user works closely with. News is boosted. Someone comments on a new News post. Someone "Likes" a News post. Someone is @mentioned in a comment on a news post.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage - Mute conversations

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 22:30:02 Z

Corporate communicators, network admins, and Engage admins can remove chosen conversation threads from the Engage Home Feed, storylines feed, and email digests. Conversations continue to show in community feeds, user profiles, and search. Muting a conversation does not affect notifications.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Ground prompts using SharePoint and OneDrive Folders

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:15:44 Z

Users will be able to select SharePoint and ODSP Folders from the new "Attach cloud files" experience in CIQ to scope their prompts to.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Quick rewrite, summarize, and to do actions with Copilot on OneNote canvas

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:15:44 Z

Use Copilot in your workflow on the canvas by invoking Copilot to generate a summary, a to-do list, or to help you rewrite the content on the page or based on your selection.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Email verification for external attendees to join Teams meetings

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 23:15:42 Z

Meeting organizers can have greater confidence about external attendees joining Teams meetings, this capability enables sending a one-time passcode to the external attendee’s email address for that individual to use during a verification step when joining a Teams meeting.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Stream: Playback support for video encoded in Apple ProRes video codec

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:15:44 Z

Users will be able to play back video hosted on OneDrive and SharePoint that is encoded in the Apple ProRes video codec.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage - Leaders updated via group sync

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:15:44 Z

Currently, leaders are managed in Viva Engage manually. If you wish to add or remove leaders, you need to go to Engage to do so. This feature will allow you to define a group that includes users who should be designated as leaders. As you add or remove people from that group, they will gain or lose privileges accordingly. The manual method will continue to be available.
GA date: March CY2025

Microsoft Stream: Stream Web App Recap Button

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:00:23 Z

This feature allows a user to move from the Stream Web App to the equivalent meeting recording on Microsoft Teams (in the Recap tab). Watching the meeting in Microsoft Teams provides additional meeting information such as Speakers and Topics.
GA date: March CY2024

Outlook: Select specific pieces of text in an email and use Copilot to rewrite them

Thu, 30 May 2024 23:30:03 Z

When composing an email, customers can select portions of text in an email and use Copilot to rewrite it. Users can give detailed instructions on how to rewrite and also able to modify tone and length. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Bulk replacement or removal of a retention label

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:15:11 Z

Outlook: New Copilot Compose experience

Thu, 23 May 2024 23:15:08 Z

Major improvements to our Copilot Compose experience include a polished, lightweight UI.
GA date: September CY2024

Outlook: Move menu improvements

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 23:15:13 Z

Two improvements are coming to the move menu on Outlook for iOS and Android. Users will now be able to expand and collapse folders within the move menu and see folder hierarchy when searching in the move menu.
GA date: October CY2024

Outlook: OneDrive in Outlook for Mac

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 23:45:33 Z

Quickly access your OneDrive without having to leave Outlook! Users can find and use the OneDrive app in Outlook for Mac, for a consistent and fast experience.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Bulk operations summary in the Teams admin center

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 23:15:45 Z

IT admins can monitor and track the status of all bulk operations on Teams Devices through the Teams admin center, enabling large-scale management.
GA date: January CY2025

Outlook: Org Explorer available for all M365 commercial users

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 23:15:45 Z

Org Explorer for Outlook helps you to visualize and explore your company’s internal structure, work teams, and individual roles. This feature will be available in Outlook for all M365 enterprise users, including Microsoft Viva users.
GA date: November CY2024

SharePoint: eSignature integration with Adobe and Docusign rolling out globally

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 23:15:45 Z

Previously, the use third-party providers as part of SharePoint eSignature platform were limited to regions supported by Microsoft's native SharePoint eSignature. With this release, customers can now enjoy the flexibility of using these third-party providers globally, wherever they are supported.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft 365 admin center: AI administrator role

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 23:15:45 Z

We are introducing a new admin role for AI and Microsoft Copilot administration. Admin users assigned with the AI Administrator role can efficiently manage Microsoft Copilot without the vast privileges of Global admin permissions.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints-Support for Two New Predicates on Endpoint DLP

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 23:30:49 Z

With this capability, admins can extend the two below mentioned predicates to Microsoft Purview DLP for Endpoint - Document Property is - Document name contains words or phrases
GA date: April CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

Microsoft Teams: UX improvements for Multi-Tenant Organization (MTO) users

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

This release features user experience improvements when Microsoft Teams users interact with users in another tenant that belongs to their organization (e.g., for conglomerates, as a result of mergers and acquisitions). Key changes include removing the possibility of split 1:1 chat threads, richer profile information, removal of the "External" label, and introducing support for an optional admin configurable label.
GA date: January CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Ability to block Attendee Emails from Teams Webinars

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 21:30:00 Z

This feature allows the organizers of webinars to block the sending of attendee emails from Microsoft Teams.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Ability to block Attendee Emails from Teams Town Halls

Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:15:37 Z

This feature allows the organizers of town halls to block the sending of attendee emails from Microsoft Teams.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning – Edit Learning Paths in Viva Learning

Tue, 14 May 2024 23:30:08 Z

Admin will be able to edit learning paths metadata and content. Latest updates will be shown to learner after the LP is edited.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Separation of the Copilot for Microsoft 365 retention policy location from Microsoft Teams chats

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 23:15:01 Z

Today, admins must manage retention and deletion for Copilot for Microsoft 365 interactions using a retention policy location that also includes Microsoft Teams chats. This feature will provide a new location option to manage only Copilot interactions, separate from Microsoft Teams chats.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - User exclusion

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 23:30:49 Z

This introduces the ability to exclude users and groups from IRM policies. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: June CY2025

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot on OneNote canvas

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 22:15:46 Z

Use Copilot right in your workflow by invoking Copilot to generate a summary, a to-do list, or help you rewrite the content on the page or based on your selection.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Best practice configuration monitoring dashboard in Teams admin center

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 22:15:46 Z

Microsoft recommends best practices to ensure a smooth collaborative experience on Teams. Best Practices dashboard in Teams admin center allows administrators to monitor and promptly address any non-conformance across their organization.
GA date: December CY2024

Outlook: Delivery and read receipts in Outlook mobile

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 22:15:46 Z

Now you will be able to request both delivery and read receipts while composing an email in Outlook for iOS and Android. You will also easily be able to respond to requests for read receipts on emails you receive and set preferences for future read receipts.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Unified fun picker

Wed, 26 Jul 2023 23:12:49 Z

Users can now find all their emojis, GIFs, and stickers in a combined picker. Browse and discover all the fun stuff you need, all in one hub of content.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Reduce detection to investigation time from 24 hours to 1 hour (U.S. Government clouds)

Fri, 20 May 2022 22:03:33 Z

This feature will reduce the detection to investigation time to under an hour, allowing your organization to respond promptly to policy violations. The alert will be reviewed by a policy investigator, who is explicitly granted permission to review policy alerts by the Communication Compliance admin role. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/communication-compliance-investigate-remediate?view=o365-worldwide
GA date: December CY2024

Outlook: Work location in scheduling assistant for iOS

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 23:11:30 Z

You can now view your colleagues' work locations when scheduling a meeting.

GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Simplified compose box

Thu, 12 Oct 2023 23:07:00 Z

A simplified compose box UI will make it easier to create and send messages. Edit your message, insert an emoji or call Copilot right from the compose box, or click on the plus button to choose from the extended menu of actions. Note: This is for the new Teams experience only.

GA date: December CY2023

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - User scoping role-based access control (RBAC)

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 22:08:45 Z

This introduces delegate management and remediation authority for different people in different regions or organization units with role-based access control (RBAC). For example, German investigators should be able to investigate messages for only German users, and German administrators can only create/manage policies for only German users.
GA date: June CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Recommended policy scope

Fri, 08 Sep 2023 00:02:20 Z

Leverage policy scope insights to understand the aggregated volume of policy violations that are missed from users that are not currently scoped into the policy. Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect code of conduct and regulatory compliance violations, such as harassing or threatening language, sharing of adult content, and inappropriate sharing of sensitive information. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: June CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Enhanced Policy Conditions

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 23:30:55 Z

Microsoft Intune: Microsoft Tunnel - Gateway Scaling

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:29:20 Z

Increase the number of clients supported per Tunnel gateway server from 5,000 to over 20,000 per server.

GA date: July CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Schedule reports

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 00:15:02 Z

The feature enables users to schedule the export of reports on a recurring or on-demand basis. Additionally, users will be notified when the exported report or items are ready for use and download.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Enriching Insider risk management with Communication compliance as an indicator

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 23:15:00 Z

Enhance Insider Risk Management by incorporating communication compliance policy matches as a new indicator for detecting various communication risks, including inappropriate text. Additionally, our system now extends its capabilities to identify potential financial regulatory compliance breaches and violations of any custom communication compliance policy on Teams, Exchange, Yammer, Copilot for Microsoft 365, or third-party channels. This expansion ensures a comprehensive approach to risk detection in diverse communication scenarios.
GA date: June CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: The new Microsoft Purview Portal entering GA

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 23:00:37 Z

The new Microsoft Purview portal has a streamlined design and unified experience that helps you discover and access data security, data governance, and risk and compliance solutions for all your data, wherever it lives across your data estate. This means you can now access all Purview solutions in one single portal, as well as experiences such as settings, global search, recommendations, and roles and permissions management.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Plugins in copilot.microsoft.com

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:15:43 Z

Users can now use plugins via copilot.microsoft.com to expand Copilot skills.
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: March CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints - Enhancements to the DLP capabilities on macOS endpoints

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 22:30:22 Z

Mac DLP will have the following capabilities with these enhancements: Context Based Classification and Matched condition and short evidence for advanced classification.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Edge: Auto-discarding Sleeping Tabs

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:15:17 Z

Tabs that have been sleeping for a long time will be discarded to save memory. When a user navigates back to a discarded tab, the tab will need to be reloaded. This can be managed through the AutoDiscardSleepingTabsEnabled policy. This policy will be enabled if the SleepingTabsEnabled policy is enabled.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Use Teams Q&A to collect attendee questions in GCC

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 23:30:13 Z

Teams Q&A enhances meeting and webinar participation for attendees by allowing participants to submit questions and engage in discussions. Organizers can moderate the Q&A feed, highlight important questions, and provide live answers. This feature is ideal for structured meetings and events, promoting an interactive and inclusive environment.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Endpoint Privilege Management on single session Azure Virtual Desktop

Wed, 03 Jul 2024 22:15:21 Z

With this release, you can use Endpoint Privilege Management elevation rules and policy to more easily manage standard users on Azure Virtual Desktop.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Improved elevation detection

Fri, 28 Jun 2024 16:45:01 Z

This improvement expands the types of elevation actions in Windows that EPM can detect and control elevation for.
GA date: October CY2024
Preview date: August CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Endpoint Privilege Management rules support specifying allowable command arguments

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 23:15:04 Z

Endpoint Privilege Management rules support specifying a list of allowable command parameters, ensuring elevation for only the allowed or mandatory arguments.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Security Baselines for HoloLens 2

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 23:15:35 Z

These security baselines represent Microsoft’s best practice guidelines and experience from deploying and supporting HoloLens 2 devices to customers across various industries.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Enhanced device inventory for Windows devices

Thu, 01 Aug 2024 23:15:01 Z

Microsoft Teams: Notification in Activity feed and banner when intelligent meeting recap is ready

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 19:30:36 Z

Intelligent meeting recap users will receive a notification in Teams Activity feed and banner when intelligent meeting recap is ready. Clicking on the notification in Activity feed will take users right to the intelligent meeting recap experience, which will be visible to the right of the Activity feed. Users can configure their notification settings in Teams settings > Notifications and activity > Apps > Meeting Recap to control where the notification is surfaced (Activity and banner, Activity only, Off) as well as which meetings have notifications enabled (for only meetings with RSVP selection of “Follow,” or all other meetings, or both).
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention- Network Share Coverage and Exclusion Support on Mac Endpoints

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 23:15:23 Z

With this feature, Sensitive data in files that are stored in network shares and mapped network drives will be protected by DLP policies across Mac endpoints as well.
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: February CY2025

Outlook: Updates to mail sharing functionality with Cloud Policy Service when setting "Turn off sharing recommendation"

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:50 Z

Updates to the office Cloud Policy Service setting "Turn off sharing recommendation" will disable the ability for users to share folders with individual users. Currently, the policy blocked users' ability to update default and anonymous permission levels for shared folders. This functionality will remain and will not be changed. The current policy and how it works with calendar sharing will not be impacted by this change and will remain as implemented. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Teams devices update only when idle

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:15:37 Z

Updates from Teams admin center for Teams devices will happen only when they are idle. This will minimise end-user disruption.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Usage reports for bookable desks in the Pro Management portal

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 23:15:48 Z

With a Teams Shared Device license assigned to a desk pool, admins can view valuable analytics for these spaces including number of peripherals, usage, reservations, and occupancy under 'Reports' in the portal.
GA date: December CY2024

SharePoint: New SharePoint Start

Tue, 02 May 2023 23:25:07 Z

New SharePoint start experience aims to inspire content creators to use their platform. By emphasizing a user-friendly approach that minimizes clicks, it's now easier to create websites, pages, news, and intranet content. Creators can return to the start experience hub to refine drafts, review past work, and monitor engagement metrics
GA date: July CY2024

SharePoint: Customize your individual sites and experiences with fonts and themes

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:15:15 Z

Site owners will now be able to create branded fonts and themes for their sites and experiences in the brand center by combining the branding assets that the organization provides or by creating their own.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Enriching Insider risk management with Communication compliance as an indicator

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:45:00 Z

Microsoft Teams: Administrative Units for Teams Administration

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:00:21 Z

We are excited to announce the availability of administrative units (AUs) for Teams administration. AUs are a way to delegate admin roles and delegate administration to a subset of users in your organization, based on attributes such as department, location, or business unit. With AUs, you can create more granular and flexible management scenarios for your Teams environment. You can assign the following roles, allowing them to manage only the users, groups & devices within their AU: Teams Administrator Teams Device Administrator Teams Communication Administrator Teams Communication Support Engineer Teams Communication Support Specialist Teams Telephony Administrator
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Microsoft 365 Copilot in Viva Amplify editor

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 23:00:27 Z

The superpowers of Microsoft 365 Copilot will be directly available to you in the Viva Amplify editing experience to revolutionize the way you create and enhance content. Auto-rewrite will create suggestions based on the text you've written. Also, you can expand or condense what you have written. Copilot in Amplify will also help you adjust the tone of your content to ensure consistency across your communications and to best suit your audience, whether you need a casual tone for social messages, an engaging tone to compel and draw in your audience, or a professional tone for business communications.
GA date: October CY2024

Outlook: Offline app boot

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:45:05 Z

This introduces the ability to open or restart the new Outlook for Windows when not connected to the internet. Previously, you needed a connection to the internet to open or restart the new Outlook. Offline access is only supported when the app is already running and then goes offline. Opening and restarting the app while offline will be introduced with this rollout. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Copilot for leaders in Viva Insights

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 23:15:51 Z

Empower leaders to ask questions about their organization and how their team is doing through responses that leverage Viva Insights behavioral metrics and organizational context data.
GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: March CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Skills and AI transformation scenarios for Leaders in Viva Insights

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 23:15:51 Z

Enable leaders to ask questions about skills their team possess based on user-confirmed skills and Viva AI engine. Furthermore, they can dive deeper with dynamically curated reports. Along with this, they will have the ability to learn about AI adoption and impact on their team with Microsoft Copilot features.
GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: March CY2025

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Improved template support when you create a presentation with Copilot

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 23:15:51 Z

Once you update your template(s) to PowerPoint's best practices, your templates will work even better with Copilot. You'll get beautiful on-brand slides every time you open your optimized template and create a presentation with Copilot.
GA date: October CY2024

SharePoint: Approvals integration in Document Libraries

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 23:15:51 Z

SharePoint Document Libraries will begin to leverage the Approvals app in Microsoft Teams. Users will be able to navigate to the Automate dropdown, Configure Approvals to enable the feature on the library. Once enabled you can specify the approver for the file, submit a request which will appear in the Approvals app in Teams or can be approved directly in the library. Once approved, the file metadata will update in the Approval status column.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Admin units support for SharePoint Online

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 23:15:51 Z

Delegate management and remediation authority for different people in different regions or organization units with role-based access control (RBAC). For example, German investigators should be able to investigate alerts and audit events for only German users. This update extends support to SharePoint for Microsoft 365.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit Search Graph API

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 23:19:09 Z

Microsoft Teams: Co-organizer updates in Webinars

Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:29:17 Z

Co-organizers can edit webinar details, publish the event, and cancel the event, similar to the organizer.

GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Engage Community Creation API

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

The community creation API supports programmatic creation of Microsoft Viva Engage communities via the MS Graph platform.

GA date: July CY2024
Preview date: January CY2024

Outlook: Outlook for Mac - Junk/Phishing Reporting Actions Integrated with Microsoft Defender

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 23:15:20 Z

The appearance and behavior of Report Phishing/Report Junk actions in Outlook for Mac can be controlled by admins using User Reported Settings in security.microsoft.com. Admins will be able to control whether these Report actions appear in Outlook, where these messages get reported to, and whether the user is prompted when they report phishing or junk. Admins will also be able to customize text and other aspects of the dialogs that appear before and after users' report phishing or junk.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Co-organizer updates in town hall

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 00:30:11 Z

Co-organizers can edit town hall details, publish the event, and cancel the event, similar to the organizer.
GA date: January CY2025

Outlook: Add Shared Folders to Favorites in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 23:15:09 Z

Customers will have the ability to add shared folders to their favorites. This enhancement offers users increased flexibility and convenience, allowing easy and quick access to important shared content directly from their Favorites list. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Explicit consent for transcription in Teams meetings

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 23:45:26 Z

The meeting policy that requires explicit consent to be recorded is expanding to include transcription. When the policy is applied, a notification will pop-up when the recording or transcription is initiated requesting consent of all participants to be transcribed and recorded. Before a user gives consent, the user cannot unmute, turn on camera or share content in the meeting.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview: Data Loss Prevention for endpoints-Archive File Support for Mac Endpoints

Mon, 06 May 2024 23:45:36 Z

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for endpoints will inspect the content of every archive file when it is created, modified, or read. After inspection, all supported file types in the archive file will be classified and evaluated against active DLP policies and the defined enforcement action will be enforced on the file.
GA date: September CY2024

Outlook: Outlook themes generated by Microsoft Copilot

Tue, 14 May 2024 23:30:08 Z

Make Outlook yours with themes generated by Copilot. You will be able to find these themes in Settings.
GA date: November CY2024

Universal Print: Pull Print queues

Thu, 09 May 2024 23:00:20 Z

Pull Print enables IT Pros to offer their end users a simplified view of the print solution. Specifically, IT Pros can set up virtualized printer(s) per location or region so that end users only need to know the name of one printer. Those users can securely release their own print jobs at any printer at that location or region, depending on the setup.
GA date: February CY2025
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Purview portal now supports user search functionality

Thu, 16 May 2024 23:15:55 Z

Our global search feature now enables you to search for users within your organization. You’ll find basic information such as names and email addresses. Additionally, if you have role management privileges, you can view assigned role groups and admin units. This means now you can search for navigational results, data, learning resources, and also for users within your organization.
GA date: September CY2024

Outlook: Sharing Word, Excel, and PowerPoint local files through the new Outlook for Windows

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 23:15:46 Z

When users are in Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint apps, and they want to share a file that is saved locally in their device (not stored in a cloud location), the new Outlook for Windows will show up as a share target and they will be able to easily email the file. #newoutlookforwindows. This roadmap status was updated to "Rolling out" error and has been corrected to "In development." We apologize for any inconvenience.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: The new Microsoft Purview Portal entering GA

Fri, 24 May 2024 22:00:42 Z

The new Microsoft Purview portal has a streamlined design and unified experience that helps you discover and access data security, risk, and compliance solutions for all your data, wherever it lives across your data estate. This means you can now extend protection across multiple data estates. Additionally, you can also access new features such as global search, new settings experience, and recommendations.
GA date: August CY2024

Excel: Python in Excel

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 23:30:07 Z

Python in Excel allows you to bring the capabilities of Python directly into the Excel grid. As a part of this feature, users with access to Excel for Windows will be able to add Python formulas directly into their workbooks without any installation required. These Python formulas will be run by Excel in a secure container on the Microsoft Cloud with enterprise-level security as a compliant Microsoft 365 connected experience.
GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: August CY2023

OneDrive: OneDrive colored folders in File Explorer

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 23:30:29 Z

A user will be able to view and manage OneDrive colored folders within Windows File Explorer.
GA date: September CY2024

Planner: New Microsoft Planner app for the web

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 23:45:33 Z

The new Microsoft Planner app for the web is a single, unified work management experience. Assisted by AI, it brings together the simplicity of Microsoft To Do, the collaboration of Planner, and the power of Microsoft Project into a simple, scalable, intelligent solution that spans from individual task management to enterprise and professional project management.
GA date: October CY2024

Planner: Labels in grid view

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:45:23 Z

Labels for your tasks will be shown in grid view in a new Labels column in basic plans. You can get a better overview of your tasks at a glance since you will no longer need to open task details to view labels.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection- User Message Recall in Outlook for encrypted messages

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 23:30:29 Z

Microsoft Purview Advanced Message Encryption will support Exchange Online's Cloud-based Message Recall feature for encrypted messages in Outlook on the Web and the New Outlook for Windows.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Viva: A new reactions look and feel in Viva Engage

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 23:15:19 Z

Viva Engage will feature a new look and feel for reactions in conversations. Users will see a more interactive style, showing others' reactions as clickable pills across the conversation card. This design brings Engage reactions more in line with other Microsoft 365 products, including Teams. There are no changes to the number of icons available in Engage with this new design. Users will see this change in Engage web and Teams and Outlook apps. Mobile apps and other integrated surfaces will follow.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop - Admin usage reports for Loop

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:15:13 Z

View and monitor Loop usage in the tenant through existing M365 admin usage dashboards.
GA date: March CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Stream Custom Agent and Bot Responses

Tue, 15 Oct 2024 23:15:51 Z

Custom engine agents and Teams bots can now stream responses like Microsoft Copilot. They can provide real-time updates on their actions while delivering parts of the response as they generate it, making interactions feel faster and more engaging.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage - Top questions

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:15:13 Z

Top Questions shows community members the most-viewed questions in their community over the last 90 days. It is designed to help people quickly find the most relevant and popular questions in their communities.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Detect workplace safety concerns in user-reported Teams messages

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:15:13 Z

Communication Compliance introduces the ability to identify and flag potential workplace safety concerns in user-reported Teams messages. Investigators now have an extra indication to decide what risk exists in user-reported messages and can configure an Inappropriate Content policy to proactively identify similar inappropriate content moving forward. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Detect prompt injection attacks and mentions of protected materials in GenAI prompts and responses?

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:15:13 Z

In Communication Compliance, we're introducing the ability to detect potentially risky Generative AI interactions using Azure Content Safety's Prompt shields and Protected materials classifiers. Detect risk of jailbreak prompt exploitation by malicious users and identify if GenAI responses contain branded/copyrighted material so organizations can maintain content originality and protect their reputations. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Ability for all participants to start collaborative annotations

Wed, 24 May 2023 23:12:48 Z

All participants in meetings are now able to start collaborative annotations. This will only be available in the new Microsoft Teams experience.

GA date: January CY2025

Outlook: Contact deduplication on New Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the Web

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 23:45:51 Z

People are at the center of our lives, and we start every digital connection via contacts. Hence, a clean, up-to-date contact list is critical for better collaboration and productivity. We are happy to announce that cleaning up duplicate contacts just got a lot easier with the de-duplication feature on New Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the Web
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Integrate Chat notification with Meeting RSVP status

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 23:04:17 Z

Microsoft Teams users will be able to control how they get notified in meeting chats through RSVP to their meetings. When you decline a meeting, you will not receive notifications or see the chats in chat list; when you accept a meeting, you will receive notification for all new messages.
GA date: December CY2024

Outlook: Organize and reorder folders in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:30:38 Z

Users can arrange folders in any desired order effortlessly by dragging and dropping the folders in the position that they want. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Microsoft Purview portal now supports user search functionality

Thu, 16 May 2024 23:15:55 Z

Outlook: Updated conversation actions on Outlook for Android

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:15:18 Z

Outlook: Work Hours and Location in My Day

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:30:30 Z

Work Hours and Location information will now be available in My Day pane in Outlook when using agenda view. Users will be able to update their Work Hours and Location information from My Day and also see who is coming to Office. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Teams menu bar icon with Presence on Mac

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 23:15:19 Z

Introduction of a Menu Bar icon with a flyout for common workflows that reduces clicks and simplifies checking for at-a-glance information like the presence status.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Unified Create button in Viva Engage

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:50 Z

This feature brings a new way for users to create posts, communities etc. through a centralized creation button in Viva Engage. Currently, Engage users need to go to different locations in the application for different creation types - a post, community, etc. Starting in October 2024, a Viva Engage user will be able to create the different types of content already enabled for them, using a centralized creation button. This new feature eases the process of creation and helps users quickly discover the various creation options they are licensed to use.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Ability to take control during screensharing on Web

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 23:15:42 Z

This update enables meeting participants using the Microsoft Teams web app to use the "Take control" function to request control while another person is screen-sharing.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot web grounding now available in the Copilot app in Teams and Outlook

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 23:15:42 Z

Ground your Copilot chat conversations with the latest information from the web in the Copilot app in Teams and Outlook
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): BizChat - Copilot agents available in Business Chat web mode

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:15:03 Z

In Business Chat web mode, discover and use Copilot agents available for your organization. Agents are custom grounded chats that include specific knowledge sources from work and web.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage - Page header enhancements

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:15:03 Z

We’ve made enhancements to the Viva Engage page header for a more streamlined experience. The header now pulls in more relevant content and emphasizes key actions like "Join." Additionally, we’ve reduced the icon size slightly to prevent overlap with background images, ensuring improved visibility and interaction.
GA date: November CY2024

Outlook: Insert signature into calendar events

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:15:03 Z

Users can manually insert a signature into a calendar event like they can in the classic outlook. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: December CY2024

Outlook: Mail Merge (Advanced) on Outlook on the Web and new Outlook for Windows

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:15:03 Z

Mail Merge (Basic) will be improved upon to allow fields to be replaced by values per email address. When Mail Merge (Advanced) is launched, not only will every recipient receive their own email with only their email address in the recipients list, but the emails can further be personalized to include content such as their name. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: April CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Webinars in GCC-High

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 23:15:09 Z

Teams Webinars is available for GCC-High clouds. This includes similar functionality that is already available for worldwide multi-tenant, such as interactivity for up to 1,000 attendees, registration support, co-organizer support, breakout rooms, attendee reporting, and Dynamics 365 marketing integration.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Dynamic video tile resizing based on occupancy count from Teams Rooms on Windows

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 23:15:54 Z

The room video tile dynamically adjusts size based on the number of people in the room. When one person is in the room, the tile matches the remote participant's size. With two or more people, the room tile expands to be four times larger. Admins can enable or disable the people count feature.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Voice isolation on MacOS

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:30:55 Z

With voice isolation, you can enjoy clear and uninterrupted calls or meetings, no matter where you are. Voice isolation is an AI based advanced noise suppression feature that eliminates unwanted background noise including other human voices. The technology recognizes your voice profile and ensures only your voice is transmitted. Voice isolation can be enabled for calls and meetings and will now be available on MacOS.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Admin Center – Admins can disable ability to send messages in meeting chat before and after the meeting

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:15:03 Z

We are expanding the existing ‘Meeting chat’ control in Teams Admin Center with two new values, “In-meeting only for everyone” and “In-meeting only except anonymous users.” In Teams Admin Center, admins will see a setting called ‘Meeting chat’ under Meetings > Meeting Policies > Meeting Engagement. Admins can now select from five options in the ‘Meeting chat’ setting: (1) “On for everyone” (2) “On for everyone but anonymous users” (3) “Off” (4) “In-meeting only for everyone” (5) “In-meeting only except anonymous users.” Admins can select the “In-meeting only” values to disable participants’ ability to send messages in the meeting chat before or after the meeting, for meetings organized by specific users in their tenant. When one of these “In-meeting only” values are selected, participants can read past chat history but no one can send messages in the meeting chat unless the meeting is active.
GA date: December CY2024

SharePoint: Copilot in SharePoint

Tue, 02 May 2023 23:25:14 Z

Copilot in SharePoint combines the power of Large Language Models (LLMs), your data in the Microsoft Graph, and best practices to create engaging web content. Get assistance drafting your content when creating new pages. Adjust the tone, expand meeting bullets into structured text, or get help making your message more concise. All within our existing commitments to data security and privacy in the enterprise.
GA date: August CY2024
Preview date: July CY2024

OneDrive: Copilot in OneDrive

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:45:19 Z

Copilot in OneDrive, available on OneDrive for Web, will allow you to ask questions and get information from files in your OneDrive without having to open the files. It will also summarize one or multiple files. Copilot in OneDrive will work on the following file types: DOC, DOCX, FLUID, LOOP, PPT, PPTX, XLSX, PDF, ODT, ODP, RTF, ASPX, RTF, TXT, HTM, and HTML. Copilot in OneDrive requires a Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 license.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Channel cards

Fri, 24 May 2024 22:00:42 Z

Channel cards will provide you quick overview of key information about what is happening within the channel, including who is in the channel and the purpose of the channel.
GA date: July CY2024

Outlook: Adding search to settings on Outlook for Android

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:15:18 Z

We recently rolled out updated settings on Outlook for Android. To make the settings experience even better, we are now adding the ability to search within settings so that you can find exactly what you're looking for.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Sensitivity label support for town hall and webinars (Premium)

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 23:45:19 Z

This feature will now allow event organizers to set sensitivity labels for town halls and webinars. These labels are visible to organizers when creating an event instance once selected, and notify organizers if the details of the event being created are not valid for the selected sensitivity.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports – Suggested candidates for Microsoft 365 Copilot

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 23:00:44 Z

A new column will be added to the Readiness section of the Microsoft 365 Copilot Usage report showing suggested candidates for Microsoft 365 Copilot. This new column is intended to help admins with licensing decisions by quickly identifying users who are in a strong position to get the most value from Microsoft 365 Copilot based on their relevant Microsoft 365 app usage.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Whiteboard can be added to Mesh event

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 22:30:02 Z

Mesh event participants can now use Microsoft Whiteboard in Mesh 3D environments. This functionality will enable users to collaborate spatially as avatars on a 2D whiteboard present in the virtual space, available on PC and Meta Quest devices. Mesh event attendees can use inking, annotation, and other built-in tools to brainstorm, plan, and share with others on a digital canvas in real time. Copilot integration with Whiteboard helps suggest and organize ideas directly on your canvas while in Mesh.
GA date: February CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Education grid view refresh

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:15:47 Z

Microsoft Teams for Education now has a new refreshed grid view, wherein you will directly be able to get to your assignments or classwork for your classes in grid view. This feature will make it easier and faster for you to get to your assignments, classwork or channels.
GA date: October CY2024

SharePoint: Copilot agents in SharePoint

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 23:30:03 Z

SharePoint users can create a Copilot agent in SharePoint simply by selecting the SharePoint sites and/or files. Share these Copilot agents with your team to use in SharePoint and/or Teams.
GA date: October CY2024

SharePoint: Updates for font management capabilities

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 23:15:10 Z

We are introducing updates that provide capabilities for managing custom fonts for SharePoint and Viva Connections. This includes the ability to hide the From Microsoft font packages from Change the look, apply a font package in your site templates, and updated availability for the From Microsoft font packages.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Updated Context IQ menu in Business Chat

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 23:30:37 Z

Updates to Copilot Context IQ menu provides an intuitive and seamless interaction improving reliability and performance.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Detect Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 interactions template

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 23:30:37 Z

Communication Compliance is introducing a new template dedicated to analyzing all Copilot for Microsoft 365 prompts and response to help ensure content prohibited by customers’ policies, such as harassing or threatening language, is not being used in Copilot for Microsoft 365 interfaces. This scales Communication Compliance’s reach, consistent with Microsoft 365’s expanding interfaces. In addition, administrators are also able to select Copilot chats as a checked location in the policy creation wizard for any new or existing policies. This empowers administrators to fine-tune their management strategy precisely to their organization’s needs, with a focus on user privacy protection. Whether it's setting specific conditions or deploying trainable classifiers, this feature provides flexibility and adaptability in compliance management, ensuring your organization's communications remain secure, compliant, and respectful of user privacy.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Administrative units support

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 23:30:37 Z

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - New cmdlet for Content Explorer (U.S. Government clouds)

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 23:13:54 Z

We apologize for the inconvenience, but this item was updated to Rolling out incorrectly. Thank you for your patience. The Content Explorer Export feature has a limitation of exporting data only after drill down to specific location. This update will allow admins to use a new cmdlet within Security & Compliance PowerShell, Export-ContentExplorerData, to export all rows of data for the content that are scanned and shown on the Content Explorer.
GA date: April CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - New cmdlet for Content Explorer

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 00:15:54 Z

The Content Explorer Export feature has a limitation of exporting data only after drill down to specific location. This update will allow admins to use a new cmdlet within Security & Compliance PowerShell, Export-ContentExplorerData, to export all rows of data for the content that are scanned and shown on the Content Explorer.
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: September CY2024

SharePoint: Centrally manage branding for your organization

Tue, 02 May 2023 23:25:13 Z

We’re introducing new branding and management capabilities that you can use to improve consistency across your sites and pages.
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

Outlook: Folder/Subfolder Recursive Search

Thu, 20 Jul 2023 23:02:43 Z

Search in Outlook on the Web and the new Outlook for Windows will now return content stored in the main folder and content stored within all its sub-folders. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Viva App Bar integration in Viva Learning Webapp

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Viva Learning Webapp will have an easy way to switch across other Viva Webapp modules.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Adaptive Protection - Multi-policy selection

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:06:38 Z

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Adaptive Protection

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop - Promote members to owners in Loop workspaces

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:00:59 Z

Loop workspaces support multiple owners, allowing end users to promote members to owners.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Connections - Manage your organization’s brand in the new brand center

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:15:15 Z

We’re introducing new branding and management capabilities that you can use to improve consistency across your Viva Connections desktop, mobile, and tablet experiences.
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Introducing custom fonts for SharePoint and Viva Connections Desktop

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:15:15 Z

Fonts are more than just letters and symbols, and we've heard you. We're bringing font customization to your SharePoint and Viva Connections experiences with the brand center. Express your personality, style, and brand by adding custom fonts to your sites and related experiences.
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: April CY2024

SharePoint: Create themes for SharePoint in brand center

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:15:15 Z

We're bringing a new theme creation experience into the brand center, allowing you to easily create and manage themes for your sites and related experiences.
GA date: September CY2024

SharePoint: DocuSign Integration with SharePoint eSignature

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:00:23 Z

SharePoint users who are also DocuSign customers can initiate eSignatures directly from PDF documents. The eSignature request will be processed by DocuSign and a copy of the signed document will be automatically saved in SharePoint after signing. This reduces the risks of potential data leakage that customers often report as they move sensitive documents between SharePoint and 3rd party eSignature platforms. Manual download or upload of documents will no longer be required when initiating the request or when saving the signed documents back to SharePoint for long term storage.
GA date: July CY2024

Planner: Increased number of tasks per premium plan in Microsoft Planner

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 23:30:14 Z

Create and manage up to 1,500 tasks within a Microsoft Planner premium plan (formerly known as a Project for the web project).
More info: https://aka.ms/thenewplanner
GA date: May CY2024

Outlook: Chat with Copilot in Outlook for Mac

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 23:30:01 Z

The same Microsoft Copilot experience you can get in the Microsoft Teams app, at copilot.microsoft.com (work mode) and in other places is now available from within Microsoft Outlook for Mac. You can find the Copilot app in the left app bar.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Default sensitivity labels and policies enhancements

Fri, 31 May 2024 22:30:03 Z

Eligible customers can activate default labels and policies for Microsoft Purview Information Protection that now extend to meetings.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Office 365: IPv6 allow and block support in Tenant Allow/Block List

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 22:30:02 Z

Admins can create allow and block entries for IPv6 directly inside the Tenant Allow/Block List.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance- Enrich triage in Communication compliance with Insider Risk context

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:30:44 Z

Enhance the triage experience in communication compliance with Insider Risk Insights. This integration provides investigators a deeper understanding of the risk profile of message senders along with a more comprehensive view of the sender's risk severity and historical risk-related actions. With this enriched context, investigators are empowered to make more informed and effective remediation decisions, ensuring a robust compliance posture.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: October CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Admins enabled to make bulk employee ID updates

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 23:15:18 Z

This feature will enable Viva Glint service admins to make bulk employee ID updates in the web app.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management- Bulk upload for Priority User Groups

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 23:45:19 Z

Insider Risk Management Priority user groups will now support bulk upload capabilities. An IRM administrator will be able to upload a CSV of UPNs that they would like to add to a new or existing priority user group. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Copilot Academy Nudges to all Copilot SKU users (Seeded and Premium Viva Learning Users)

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 23:15:01 Z

All Users having Copilot SKU (Viva Learning Seeded and Premium) will be nudged about Copilot Academy through a notification on Teams. Users will also get a monthly recurring notification in Teams about Copilot Academy.
GA date: October CY2024

Outlook: Fonts in Outlook for iOS and Android

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 23:45:06 Z

We heard feedback from you, our customers, and are adding support for choosing fonts while you compose in Outlook for iOS and Android. There is also improved support for fonts in the reading pane.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Improved Microsoft Lists links in Teams messages

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 23:15:50 Z

Microsoft Lists links in Teams including list item links and form links will now unfurl when shared in Teams messages making them easier to find and access within Teams messages and inside shared tab in chats.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Name pronunciation

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:15:44 Z

You can now record and share the correct pronunciation of your name, promoting inclusivity and helping colleagues avoid mispronunciations. With a click, you can play and listen to your colleagues' name pronunciations.
GA date: November CY2024

OneNote: Boost productivity using voice with Copilot on OneNote Mobile (iPhone)

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:00:59 Z

Copilot in OneNote transforms fragmented voice thoughts and conversation recordings into clear, actionable insights. It enhances productivity by accurately capturing and organizing verbal notes, filling in gaps, and providing structured summaries, making it easier to review and utilize information effectively. Exciting News! Copilot in OneNote can now access and understand verbal notes, synthesize conversations, and transform fragmented thoughts into clear, actionable insights, boosting productivity.
GA date: March CY2025

OneNote: Boost productivity using voice with Copilot on OneNote Mobile (Android)

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:00:59 Z

OneNote: Copilot on OneNote brings in notes from Video and Images (Android)

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:00:59 Z

With this new feature in OneNote mobile, you can share videos and images into OneNote and watch the magic unfold. All the key insights from the video and images are captured effortlessly into notes so that you do not have to manually create them.
GA date: June CY2025

OneNote: Summary and Q&A in OneNote Mobile with Copilot (Android)

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:00:59 Z

With this new Summary feature in OneNote mobile, you can create a short and fluent summary of your longer pages which will help to consume relevant information faster. With the Question and Answer at your fingertips, you can get real-time answers to your queries directly within your notes, enhancing your ability to access and utilize information quickly and effectively.
GA date: June CY2025

OneNote: Summary and Q&A in OneNote Mobile with Copilot (Iphone)

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:00:59 Z

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – Ideas Workspace Functions as a Shared Loop workspace

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:00:59 Z

Loop Ideas workspaces are tenant-managed like SharePoint Communication sites. They appear with existing Loop workspaces, with all features such as adding members and organizing pages
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Connections experience for Homesite customers

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:00:59 Z

This feature sets the Home site as the default for the Viva Connections experience in Teams desktop. Once implemented, users will be able to access their organization's Home site through the Viva Connections app in Teams desktop. This change will only apply to customers who have not yet configured a Viva Connections experience.
GA date: January CY2025

Exchange: Adding Inbound Support for DNSSEC/DANE for SMTP to Exchange Online

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 23:35:46 Z

Microsoft is committed to providing world-class email security solutions and the support for the latest Internet standards in order to provide advanced email protection for our customers. With this change we are adding inbound support for DNSSEC/DANE for SMTP to Exchange Online. Look for another roadmap item which covers outbound mail. Note: This release (Preview) has been pushed to May to allow us to enhance our service’s security measures. We apologize for any inconveniences.
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: July CY2024

Whiteboard: @ mentions within comments

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 23:22:58 Z

The ability to @ mention users within comments on a whiteboard, with the associated in-app indicators to inform users of an @ mention.

GA date: September CY2024

Whiteboard: Email notifications for @ mentions in comments on a whiteboard

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 23:22:59 Z

The ability for @mentions within comments on a whiteboard to trigger an email notification to the user, with a link back to the @mention.

GA date: September CY2024

Excel: Copilot in Excel

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 22:13:13 Z

Copilot in Excel helps you do more with your data in Excel tables by generating formula column suggestions, showing insights in charts and PivotTables, and highlighting interesting portions of data.

More info: https://adoption.microsoft.com/copilot
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: November CY2023

Microsoft 365 admin center: Adoption Score AI assistance category

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 02:13:58 Z

We are introducing a new people experiences category in Adoption Score in the Microsoft 365 admin center. The new category helps organizations understand the adoption Microsoft Copilot features in Microsoft 365.

GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Stream: Block downloads for shared videos

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

Some videos are meant to be viewed but not downloaded. Soon you will be able to share videos more securely with the "Can view, but not download" option. This option will be available in the permission drop down in the Microsoft 365 share dialog for Stream videos. When you select "Can view, but not download," people who access the video you shared will be able watch it, but won't be able to download or copy the video file.
GA date: January CY2024

SharePoint: Introducing custom fonts for SharePoint

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:15:15 Z

Microsoft Forms: New user onboarding experience

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:15:15 Z

Introducing an upgraded onboarding experience tailored for new Forms users, designed to provide a seamless and user-friendly initiation to the platform. Get started effortlessly with our refreshed interface and streamlined features.
GA date: October CY2024

SharePoint: Adobe Acrobat Sign Integration with SharePoint eSignature

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 01:00:23 Z

SharePoint users who are also Adobe Acrobat sign customers can initiate eSignatures directly from PDF documents. The eSignature request will be processed by Adobe and a copy of the signed document will be automatically saved in SharePoint after signing. This reduces the risks of potential data leakage that customers often report as they move sensitive documents between SharePoint and 3rd party eSignature platforms. Manual download or upload of documents will no longer be required when initiating the request or when saving the signed documents back to SharePoint for long term storage.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Stream: New Stream app in Teams chat/channel’s tab

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:30:56 Z

The Stream app that is accessed from the chat/channels ‘+’ icon to add a tab will be updated with the new Stream (on SharePoint) experience that will enable users to pin and watch a video or playlist from new Stream.
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft 365 Apps: Availability of the Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365 Government GCC

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 23:15:11 Z

The Cloud policy service will begin rolling out for Microsoft 365 GCC customers late June 2024. The Cloud Policy service allows Microsoft 365 administrators to configure policies for Microsoft 365 apps and assign these policies using Microsoft 365 or Entra ID groups. Once configured, these policies are automatically enforced as users sign in and use Microsoft 365 apps. The initial release will support policies for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise on Windows and future updates will bring support for additional applications and platforms. For additional information about the Cloud Policy service, refer to Overview of the Cloud Policy service for Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployoffice/admincenter/overview-office-cloud-policy-service
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Risky AI usage

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 23:15:43 Z

With this update, Insider risk management will help admins identify risky AI usage. We are adding new detections of intentional and unintentional insider risk activity on generative AI apps that can pose a risk to an organization. Activities will include risky prompts containing sensitive info or risky intent and sensitive responses containing sensitive info or is generated from sensitive files or sites. Coverage will span across Microsoft Copilots and 3P generative AI apps. These detections will also contribute to Adaptive Protection insider risk levels. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: February CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Audit - Blanket custom retention policies which apply to all Audit recordTypes

Fri, 24 May 2024 22:00:42 Z

Outlook: Users can scope suggestions to specific entities in the new Outlook for Windows and Web

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 22:15:31 Z

Users will be able to scope their search suggestions down to specific entities such as Files, People, Mail etc in order to sort through their suggestions more easily. They will be able to navigate from the suggestion directly to the entity tab in their search results. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Stream: Seek bar thumbnails for Teams meeting recordings

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:30:44 Z

This feature adds seek bar (preview) thumbnails to Microsoft Stream's video player. The thumbnails provide a preview of the video content when hovering over the player's seek bar at a certain timestamp. Currently, it will only be made available for Teams meeting recordings.
GA date: June CY2025

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

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:26 Z

Customers will be able to use various connectors to HRIS tools to import HRIS data into Viva Glint from Microsoft Admin Center.
GA date: October CY2025

Microsoft Edge: Elevating top settings and improving settings page navigability

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 23:15:19 Z

To make finding browser settings more efficient, Microsoft Edge is introducing three navigation improvements to Edge Settings. We are making no changes to the functionality of any setting and all settings will remain on the same page as they are today but will be behind clickable sections. The first is introducing quick access to the most used actions on the landing page of Edge Settings. Second, each densely populated page—Privacy, search, and services; Appearance; Cookies and site permissions; System and performance—will feature quick access to its most used actions. Third, for these same pages, each section will now click-through to its respective sub-settings (similar to a table of contents).
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Private moderator replies to individual attendees

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:30:14 Z

Allows moderators to answer questions from specific attendees without displaying the reply to the other participants. This capability can be helpful for sensitive questions, personal inquiries, or follow-up discussions that are not intended to be broadcast to the entire audience.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Diagnostics in the new portal

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 23:15:19 Z

We are building UX to surface the diagnostics that were previously available through cmdlet to be accessible through portal UX.
GA date: February CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – New personal Loop workspace

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 23:15:28 Z

The Loop app now provides a personal workspace to all users, which is shared with Copilot Pages. This personal workspace is a user-owned SharePoint Embedded container, one per user. All governance, lifecycle management and compliance processes apply the same way they would to a user's OneDrive.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Automatically set building location in Teams

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:00:59 Z

With work location in Teams now including buildings, make your presence known, coordinate with others, and take advantage of AI-assisted booking in the future. Once enabled and opted-in, your work location can auto-update to a specific building when you connect to a peripheral at a bookable desk or BYOD room.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Improved reporting – Additional report fields in the Time Clock export

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:15:03 Z

We’ve expanded the functionality of the time clock export report by adding additional fields from Shifts. This enhancement provides you with a more comprehensive and detailed view of your scheduling data, making it easier to analyze and manage workforce activities.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: VDI Status Indicator

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:00:59 Z

This feature provides a visual optimization status indicator in Teams for VDI users. It will provide the user with an easy to understand status message (like ‘Optimized', or 'Not Optimized'), some contextual information about the optimization mode (optimized with the WebRTC-based solution or the new SlimCore-based solution), and in the not optimized case it will provide a brief description of the problem and an error code, for better supportability. It will also provide an option to repair Teams optimization mode if the user is not optimized (through a restart).
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Configure External access policies in TAC

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 23:15:28 Z

External access policies can be managed in Teams admin center. These policies were previously only supported in PowerShell, and we are bringing the same capabilities into the Teams admin center user experience.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance: Prioritize analysis of policy-driven alerts with Azure Cognitive Services (U.S. Government clouds)

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 23:04:31 Z

Leveraging Azure Cognitive Services, messages already matching policy conditions will be categorized in “positive,” “negative,” or “neutral” sentiment, giving policy investigators more context to prioritize potentially riskier messages to address first. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/communication-compliance?view=o365-worldwide
GA date: June CY2025

SharePoint: Inline playback for videos in Highlighted content web parts (carousel and filmstrip layouts)

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 23:45:13 Z

When users click to play a video in the Highlighted content web part (carousel and filmstrip layout) section on a SharePoint Page, the video will play inline. This feature allows users to watch a video without being taken off the SharePoint Page and keeps the video playing while users browse/scroll through other contents on the Page. We have adjusted our priorities to focus on delivering experience improvements that better align with customer needs and as a result, this feature has been removed from our public roadmap for now.
GA date: November CY2023

Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance: Support for adaptive policy scopes

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 22:44:48 Z

Adaptive policy scopes enable your organization to define user scopes for policies based on criteria such as geography, group, or other Azure Active Directory attributes. With adaptive policy scopes, policies are automatically updated to include users that match defined risk criteria rather than requiring admins to repeatedly update static lists of users to include in the policy scope. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC and FINRA obligations), such as inappropriate sharing of sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language and sharing of adult content. Communication Compliance enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: April CY2025
Preview date: January CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Skin tone setting and reactions

Wed, 14 Feb 2024 00:45:01 Z

In Teams settings, users have the option to select their preferred skin tone. This preference will be applied to all emojis and reactions in chats, channels, and meetings, allowing users to express themselves more authentically in conversations.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Adaptive policy scope

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 23:14:26 Z

Adaptive policy scopes enable your organization to create scopes that automatically updates which users to include in your policy based on geography, group, or another user attribute. The policy will automatically update to match the criteria defined in the scope instead of you constantly needing to update the static list of users in your policies.
GA date: April CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Alert improvements

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 23:35:31 Z

This feature is about improving the alerting capabilities and customization in Communication Compliance.
GA date: February CY2025
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Create themes for SharePoint and Viva Connections in brand center

Thu, 04 Jan 2024 00:15:15 Z

We're bringing a new theme creation experience into the brand center, allowing you to easily create and manage themes for your sites and related experiences.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Adding matched attachment details in Activity Explorer for Data Loss Prevention rules in Exchange

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:15:45 Z

With this feature, the admins can see more information like name, size, labels about the attachments present in the email that violated the Data Loss Prevention rules.
GA date: February CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Notifications and Nudges in Teams

Sat, 17 Feb 2024 00:30:40 Z

Users can receive survey notifications and nudges in Teams
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: The new Microsoft Purview Portal entering GA

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 23:15:00 Z

Microsoft Stream: First Run Experience

Fri, 15 Mar 2024 23:00:39 Z

First-time users of Microsoft Stream will see informational modals that explain what Stream is and its basic functionality. Users will be able to close these modals at any step. When the tenant acquires new premium functionalities, such as Copilot in Stream, more modals will be displayed explaining the new functionalities. We have adjusted our priorities to focus on delivering experience improvements that better align with customer needs and as a result, this feature has been removed from our public roadmap for now.
GA date: April CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Edit questions associated to live surveys

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 23:30:13 Z

Allow Glint Admins to edit select fields of a question that is associated to live surveys.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Ability to send dual- and triple-language surveys in emails

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:15:18 Z

Microsoft Viva Glint now supports sending survey emails in multiple languages within a single mailer.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft 365 admin center: Microsoft 365 Copilot usage report - Admins can view line of business agent usage

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:30:14 Z

Admins can view line of business Copilot agent usage in their tenant from the Microsoft 365 admin center.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Amplify - Design Ideas

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:15:47 Z

Authors can now use Design Ideas in Microsoft Viva Amplify to rearrange and reformat their image section, text section, and banner webpart.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Custom question benchmark mapping

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:00:13 Z

Viva Glint survey creators will be able to associate a custom question with a Viva Glint benchmark to leverage the benchmark in the reporting UI.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Edge: Edit image with Designer

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 18:30:37 Z

Discover advanced AI-powered image editing in Microsoft Edge with Designer. Easily personalize your images by erasing objects, adding text, enhancing visuals with auto crop, removing or blurring the background, and more, all without leaving your browser. Start editing by right clicking an image in your browser and selecting "Edit image with Designer." Administrators can control the availability of this feature using the “ImageEditorServiceEnabled” policy. Note: We have made the decision to cancel this planned release. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Shifts Graph APIs in beta moved to production (v1.0)

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:15:03 Z

We are excited to announce that the Shifts Graph APIs have transitioned from beta to production. This change brings enhanced stability and reliability to the APIs, ensuring a seamless experience for developers and users alike.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Copilot in Teams now available for multitenant organizations

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 23:15:28 Z

Copilot is available to users in a multitenant organization, provided the user has an active Copilot license in their host tenant.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Audio support for screen sharing in immersive events

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:00:13 Z

We're adding audio support for screen sharing in Microsoft Mesh. Presenters will now be able to choose whether they'd like to include system audio when starting a screen share in a Mesh event. This feature is available for presenters in Mesh with a Teams Premium license.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Policy Scoping changes in Data Loss Prevention for OneDrive

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:00:13 Z

Data Loss Prevention for OneDrive for Business will soon support user accounts and groups as part of the policy scoping location picker.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Copilot Extensibility – Admins have transparency on granular metadata for agents

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:00:13 Z

Admins have transparency on granular metadata (data source, custom actions) for agents.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop - Loop workspace sensitivity labels

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 21:30:10 Z

Users can apply container-level sensitivity labels to Loop workspaces to prevent oversharing and manage access effectively.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Ability to set a retention period for a policy

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 23:15:34 Z

Introducing the ability to define how long content captured by a Communication Compliance policy is retained. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/communication-compliance?view=o365-worldwide
GA date: March CY2025

Microsoft Purview | Communication Compliance: Ability to exclude bulk emails

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 23:45:25 Z

Communication Compliance policies will allow filtering of bulk emails such as newsletters to help customers triage policy matches more efficiently. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.

GA date: February CY2025
Preview date: February CY2023

Outlook: Prepare for Meetings with Copilot in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 21:30:42 Z

With so many of us in back-to-back meetings, it can be a real struggle to stay on top of pre-reads, action items, and even what each meeting is about. Copilot can identify and summarize the key points so you can show up prepared in just a few minutes. When you open an upcoming meeting that has a summary available, click on "Prepare" and get a detailed briefing of your meeting leveraging the power of the Microsoft Graph. Now you have all the most important details you need and can arrive prepared and ready to engage in a productive conversation. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Cloud Policy service audit logs for policy changes

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:15:35 Z

Activities performed by administrators within the Cloud Policy service, like editing a policy configuration, will generate Audit logs stored in Purview Audit and will be accessible by Microsoft Purview Audit Standard Users.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Graph: Graph API - Copilot for Microsoft 365 usage

Wed, 15 May 2024 23:30:02 Z

Copilot for Microsoft 365 usage will be added to the Microsoft Graph API, allowing for the creation of customized reporting and analytics. Metrics included in the Graph API will match those available in the Copilot for Microsoft 365 usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center, including tenant-level count of enabled users and active users, as well as last activity date per user (all up and per Microsoft 365 app).
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: September CY2024

Microsoft Intune: SCEP certificate delivery

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 23:15:08 Z

Intune solution for our customers as well as external partners to deliver SCEP certificates with the right security precautions to devices to mitigate the KDC issue.
GA date: October CY2024
Preview date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Ability to exclude spam and bulk emails

Tue, 30 Jul 2024 23:30:34 Z

Communication compliance policies will filter out bulk emails such as newsletters to help customers triage policy matches more efficiently. This will be an option for all policies in Communication Compliance. New policies will have this filtering on by default, but admins will have the option to configure as well as remove the filtering. Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance helps organizations detect explicit code of conduct and regulatory compliance violations, such as harassing or threatening language, sharing of adult content, and inappropriate sharing of sensitive information. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are explicitly opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: June CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Deploy frontline teams with flexible membership

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 23:15:13 Z

With our Deploy Teams at Scale tool on the Teams Admin Center, you can deploy location-based frontline teams where team membership is automatically managed alongside any manual changes made by your team owners.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Room audio auto-detect and pre-select in BYOD meeting rooms

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 23:30:32 Z

When users connect their laptop to a room's shared peripheral through USB, Teams automatically detects the room's audio and recommends connecting on the pre-join screen, streamlining the bring your own device (BYOD) meeting room experience. For room devices (e.g., displays, audio devices) recognized as shared and on Microsoft's known BYOD devices list, users will automatically transition to the room's audio upon connection.
GA date: October CY2024

Outlook: Categorize single items in conversation view in new Outlook for Windows and Web

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 23:15:19 Z

This functionality will allow users to categorize individual emails within the conversation view, enhancing organization and tracking. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Share prompts with others in Business Chat and Copilot Lab

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 22:15:51 Z

Easily share a prompt with others in the form of a link.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: New Microsoft Teams chat and channels experience

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:00:31 Z

The new, streamlined chat and channels experience makes it easier to stay on top of what matters most and organize your digital workspace. Catch up on chat, channels and teams in one place, create custom sections to organize conversations by topics, use filters to triage messages and more.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Defender for Identity: Public API for Defender for Identity settings through MS Graph

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 23:06:28 Z

Microsoft Defender for Identity will expose data and actions for its settings through a set of programmatic APIs as part of Microsoft Graph. This item is no longer accurate and is being removed from the roadmap. We apologize for any inconvenience.
GA date: February CY2024
Preview date: January CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - In-app search relevance improvement to increase matching results

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

Viva Learning in-app Search will be improved to show more relevant and matching results at the top. This item is no longer accurate and is being removed from the roadmap. We apologize for any inconvenience.
GA date: July CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Contextual evidence match for endpoint DLP

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 23:09:42 Z

With this update you will be able to see the matched sensitive information type and the context surrounding it (300 characters) as a result of a DLP policy match on your endpoint devices. This item is no longer accurate and is being removed from the roadmap. We apologize for any inconvenience.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Access to Viva App Bar

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Viva Glint displays Viva App Bar for improved discoverability of other Viva Apps. This feature has been removed from the roadmap to create a more consistent user experience for all Viva Glint users.
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: October CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Work hour access controls for Front Line Workers

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:30:17 Z

Allows IT admins to establish no Teams notifications or access when workers clock out of work.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Stream: Video reactions

Fri, 12 Jan 2024 23:30:16 Z

This feature will allow users to add or remove reactions to specific points of a recorded video via Stream Web App and Embed. Viewers will be able to see how their colleagues feel about a video and show their support towards the video owner. These reactions will be present in the timeline to highlight the most important parts of the video and can be used for navigation. Also, owners of the video can see detailed analytics about when viewers are reacting to videos and have ability to disable the feature. This feature was incorrectly updated to a status of rolling out upon preview availability. We apologize for any inconvenience.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: June CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Guided upgrade of applications

Thu, 23 May 2024 23:15:08 Z

Enterprise Application Management enables you to easily update previously provisioned EAM applications with a securely hosted enterprise catalog.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Intune: Simplified App Control policy creation experience (curated workflow)

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:15:18 Z

Configure an App Control policy with built-in toggles in the console that expose all App Control for Business capabilities.
GA date: May CY2025

Microsoft Intune: Enrollment time grouping for iOS/iPadOS automated device enrollment

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 22:30:02 Z

Enrollment time grouping for iOS/iPadOS automated device enrollment (ADE) ensures targeted apps and policies can get to devices faster and reduce latency of device setup. ETG will only be part of new iOS/iPadOS enrollment policies. Admins can add a static Entra ID group into the enrollment policy, so devices will be part of that group upon enrollment, reducing latency of targeted policies and apps.
GA date: April CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance- Customize communication compliance policies with language-specific trainable classifier conditions

Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:30:44 Z

Tailor your policy conditions to run Trainable Classifiers for specific languages. By restricting the languages for classifiers, you can reduce false positives and bring precision to your policy conditions. Update your existing policies with ease for a more language-specific compliance approach.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Speed dial customization on line keys for non-touch phones

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 23:45:33 Z

Quickly access frequently dialed contacts and numbers with the ability to set up custom contacts and speed dial on the line key buttons and sidecars for non-touch phone devices certified for Microsoft Teams. This feature will enable one-touch dialing capabilities and easy management of contact lists on line keys and sidecars.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Participant roster grouping in Teams BYOD meeting rooms

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 23:30:30 Z

When participants join a Teams meeting with their laptop in bring your own device (BYOD) meeting rooms, they will appear in the ‘in-room’ participant section of the roster enabling individual identification and meeting intelligence capabilities.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Viva: MySites card for Viva Connections Dashboard

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:51 Z

This card will help operators add a card on the Viva Connections Dashboard which will provide quick access to the frequently accessed and followed sites by the end user.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – Require Existing Microsoft 365 Group for New Loop workspaces

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:51 Z

Ensure new Loop workspaces are connected to and managed by an existing Microsoft 365 Group, similar to SharePoint Team sites.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – Microsoft 365 Groups for Managing New Loop workspaces

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:51 Z

When creating a new Loop workspace, users can specify an existing Microsoft 365 Group to manage the workspace's lifetime, governance, and compliance, similar to SharePoint Team sites.
GA date: January CY2025

Outlook: Drag and drop to download attachments and emails for GCC

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:51 Z

Users can drag and drop attachments and emails from the new Outlook for Windows to their desktops or local folders to download them directly to that location. A feature that is already available in world-wide multitenant will now be available for customers in GCC. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Ability to fetch the original file resulting in policy match as evidence (customer managed storage)

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:51 Z

In the alerts triage and incident management experience, the admin can access a copy of the file that was restricted by DLP. The original file is uploaded to a customer managed storage (Azure blob). The admin uses this data to analyze the contents to confirm the full set of data that was exfiltrated to assess severity.
GA date: November CY2024

OneDrive: Enable OCSI for Tenants

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:51 Z

If a tenant has the (EnableAllOcsiClients) GPO enabled, Office and OneDrive are able to communicate smoothly. Right now, tenants have the option to disable the GPO, and when they disable the GPO, it becomes difficult to ensure that all internal versions of Office files are kept up to date so that features like autosave, version history, real time user collab, and merging in the case of conflicts can work.
GA date: April CY2025

Planner: Unified Planner tab experience in Microsoft Teams

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:51 Z

With this unified tab experience, you can now create and add any basic or premium plan to a Planner tab in Microsoft Teams. To try it, go to any Teams channel and search for Planner after selecting the Apps icon.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Breakout rooms support for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 23:24:07 Z

With breakout room support, Teams Rooms on Windows can be added to a breakout room and moved in and out of the main room making it easy for breakout session coordination.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Ability for meeting participants to edit their display name

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 23:23:13 Z

Teams meeting participants will be able to edit their display name, enabling more flexibility in their meeting presence, regardless of their tenant set display name. Users can make this change during the meeting and it will persist throughout the duration of the meeting.

GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Learning - Spell check in Viva Learning search

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 07:00:00 Z

User queries will be spell checked and corrected for all in-app Search.

GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Queues app (Premium)

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 23:15:09 Z

The new Queues app is a solution for collaboratively handling customer calls natively in Teams. Starting with surfacing call queue calls, your team members can use the Queues app to handle inbound calls, be it PSTN or VOIP. They can make outbound calls on behalf of the call queues or auto attendant that they are assigned to. And they can review the call queue statistics and seamlessly collaborate with their lead and colleagues within the flow of work. Authorized users, with permissions from Teams admins, can monitor their call queues and auto attendants in realtime, generate reports on queue and agent performance, configure their call queues and auto attendants using Teams settings, and opt in or out their team members to optimize for business needs. This is a Teams Premium feature.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Proximity Join via Ultrasound

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 00:15:12 Z

With ultrasound for proximity join, users can more accurately discover and add the Teams Room they are in to their Teams meeting. The user's companion device detects ultrasound beacons emitted only within the physical Teams Room, providing a more accurate list of nearby room options on the pre-join meeting screen.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Workflows within File Chiclet

Sat, 03 Feb 2024 00:00:26 Z

You will now be able to run instant workflows and create new file workflows via the file chiclet overflow menu (...)
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Cross location Shifts

Thu, 09 May 2024 23:00:20 Z

Cross-Location Shifts empowers organizations by enabling their Frontline workers to access and select open shifts from multiple locations within a region. Managers benefit from a larger labor pool by opening shift availability across multiple locations: a worker from one store location may select a shift in any other store across their region. This feature is accessible both via desktop and mobile.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Native controls on console for OEM camera features

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 22:30:19 Z

In Teams Rooms on Windows meeting rooms, you can now directly control camera features provided by OEMs. Controllable features include group framing, active speaker framing, and OEM specific IntelliFrame views composed on the in-room devices.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: New security and certification information available for apps and extensions

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 23:15:04 Z

This feature will equip administrators evaluating apps and copilot extensions for deployment with extensive security and related certification data to help those admins more quickly evaluate that an app and/or extension complies with their tenant security requirements. Initially, the information provided will include results from individual M365 certification tests and evidence submitted by ISVs during Microsoft's audit of their app or copilot extension. Additionally, for non-certified apps, admins will receive details on data handling, security, and compliance as self-attested by the ISV.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Network Strength icon to understand strength of your network

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 23:15:45 Z

Quickly understand strength of your network along with suggestions to conserve bandwidth if you are experiencing networking issues.
GA date: February CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Remote contact management for common area phones

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 23:15:19 Z

IT admins will be able to manage and add contacts to Teams phone devices deployed in shared spaces through the Teams admin center. This ensures users across the organization can easily call important contacts, such as emergency numbers or help desks.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Notes powered by Loop now available for Microsoft 365 GCC High and DoD

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:15:28 Z

Teams Notes, powered by Loop, is now available for Microsoft 365 GCC High and DoD environments. Teams Notes are Loop components in Teams meetings and chats that allow end users to co-create and collaborate on their meeting agenda, notes, and action items that can be co-authored and edited by everyone. Since Notes are Loop components, they stay in sync across all the places they have been shared. Assigned Tasks automatically sync with ToDo and Planner.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Town halls now available in GCC-High

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:15:28 Z

Set up and host large scale events across a GCC-High organization with the familiar Teams app you use for webinars and meetings using town hall. Town hall capabilities include a new meeting template, capacity for up to 10k attendees, green room, the ability to manage what attendees see, RTMP-in, live translated captions, and more.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Town halls in GCC-High (Premium)

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:15:28 Z

Set up and host large scale events across a GCC-High organization with the familiar Teams app you use for meetings using town hall. Town hall capabilities include a new meeting template, capacity for up to 20k attendees, green room, the ability to manage what attendees see, RTMP-in, live translated captions, and more.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft 365: Create Dynamic rule-based backup policies for Microsoft 365 Backup

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:15:28 Z

Create backup policies for your SharePoint, OneDrive, and Exchange data based on distribution lists and security groups memberships, and have the tool automatically update these policies based on dynamic membership changes.
GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: March CY2025

Microsoft 365: Create full-workload backup policies for Microsoft 365 Backup

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:15:28 Z

Automatically backup all Exchange or OneDrive users and/or SharePoint sites in the tenant and have the tool automatically add new users/sites to the backup policy.
GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: March CY2025

Microsoft 365: Perform granular file-level restore using Microsoft 365 Backup

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:15:28 Z

Perform file-level browse/search and then restore using Microsoft 365 Backup. With this enhancement you will be able to browse for files across in a site from available daily restore points and apply filters to narrow results, restore at the original location by overwriting existing content or to a new place by creating a copy of the content.
GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: March CY2025

Microsoft 365: Dedicated Backup Administrator Role for Microsoft 365 Backup

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:15:28 Z

Use a dedicated Backup Administrator role to manage your M365 Backup administration tasks.
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: January CY2025

Microsoft 365: Multi-admin change notifications for Microsoft 365 Backup

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:15:28 Z

Set of pre-defined administrators can be configured to receive email notifications for any potentially damaging changes to the backup settings or actions taken to ensure proper oversight of the tool in the organization.
GA date: June CY2025
Preview date: March CY2025

Microsoft 365: Protection unit-level offboarding for Microsoft 365 Backup

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 23:15:28 Z

Ability to permanently delete, after appropriate grace period, protection units from the backups. A protection unit is defined as a OneDrive Account, SharePoint site, or Exchange Online shared or user mailbox being protected in the Backup tool.
GA date: July CY2025
Preview date: March CY2025

Outlook: Stream video recordings in the new Outlook for Windows and web

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:26:55 Z

We're introducing the ability to record and insert Stream video recordings in Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows. Soon you will be able to record a video of yourself, your screen or both, directly from Outlook and insert the recording in your email.

GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Meeting options to control participants' ability to admit attendees from meeting lobby

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 23:45:53 Z

Meeting organizers will have options in the meeting settings on who can admit attendees from the lobby into the meeting.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Show Chat info in Microsoft Teams

Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:15:07 Z

Chat users can have access to contextual information including members, pinned messages, shared files and links, and entry point to contextual search from this canvas.
GA date: July CY2024

Forms: Try the new streamlined and modernized experience in Forms to create your next form

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:15:19 Z

Enjoy a simpler, modernized interface on Forms. Toggle between upgraded templates as you create your form and then view insights and suggested actions when the responses come in.
GA date: October CY2024

Outlook: Open attachments in desktop apps from the new Outlook for Windows

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:15:19 Z

In the new Outlook for Windows, users can now open attachments of all types in their respective desktop app by double clicking them. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Intelligent recap support for ad-hoc meetings and calls

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:15:05 Z

Intelligent recap is available for ad-hoc meetings and calls, like those started from ‘Meet now’ and started from chat. Now, Teams Premium and Copilot for Microsoft 365 licensed users can easily browse the recording by speakers and topics, as well as access AI-generated notes, AI-generated tasks, and name mentions after the ad-hoc meeting ends.
GA date: December CY2024

Outlook: Multi-Account Support for Add-Ins and Apps in new Outlook for Windows

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 23:30:29 Z

Currently, new Outlook for for Windows supports apps and add-ins for the user's primary account only. We will be enabling apps and add-ins to be supported across all of the accounts added to new Outlook, dynamically switching to the active identity. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: October CY2024

Outlook: Copy list of attendees to clipboard

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:45:23 Z

Allow users to copy the list of attendees to clipboard from calendar event. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: October CY2024

Outlook: Sort Meeting Attendees

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:45:23 Z

Allow user to sort meeting attendees in the tracking list alphabetically. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Edge: Edge on MacOS now seamlessly opens links in Teams

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:45:05 Z

When you set the default browser to Microsoft Edge on MacOS and enable the feature, web links from the Teams desktop app sent via chats, channels, calendar, and other entry points will seamlessly open automatically in the profile that is signed into Teams app and skips the need to reauthenticate in the browser making it faster and easier to access content. Administrators can control the availability of this feature using the "Choose Which Browser Opens Web Links" Microsoft 365 policy.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Meeting organizers can turn off copying or forwarding of live captions, transcript, and recap for meetings (Premium)

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 23:30:46 Z

We are expanding the existing ‘Turn off copying or forwarding of meeting chat’ control for meeting organizers to include live captions, transcription, and meeting recap. With this change, meeting organizers with eligible licenses will see a control called ‘Turn off copying and forwarding of meeting chat, live captions, and transcript’ in the meeting options. When this control is enabled, meeting participants won’t be able to copy the meeting chat, live captions, live transcript, or any insights generated from intelligent meeting recap.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Inline preview of files shared

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:00:59 Z

Now you can review a file shared in chat and channels in your flow of work. Select ‘preview’ and scroll through the file’s content without leaving the chat or channel.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop - Departed user content workflows for user-owned Loop workspaces

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 23:30:52 Z

Manage retention and deletion workflows for user-owned Loop workspaces like Copilot Pages when users leave the organization. Notify and provide temporary access to other employees or administrators to save important data before deletion policies take effect.
GA date: April CY2025

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop - Admin management tasks enabled for all Loop workspaces

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 23:30:52 Z

Admins can manage membership, ownership, deletion, and restoration of Loop workspaces in the SharePoint Embedded admin center or PowerShell. These changes are visible within the Loop experience.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop - Loop guest sharing via Entra B2B configuration for organizations with sensitivity labels

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 23:30:52 Z

Enable B2B guest sharing for Loop workspaces, pages, and components, subject to administrator policy. This allows sharing with people outside your tenant and now includes organizations that utilize sensitivity labels.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop - User accessible recycle bin for Loop workspaces

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 23:30:52 Z

When users delete a Loop workspace, owners can restore it from a recycle bin in Loop.
GA date: March CY2025

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Places - Workplace check-in with Workplace Presence

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 23:30:52 Z

With Workplace Presence, employees will have the ability to check in to the office in Outlook, Teams, and Places to confirm their work plans, receive check-in reminders, and view others nearby and who planned to come in. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Places - Intelligent suggestions in calendar

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 23:30:52 Z

Intelligent suggestions will appear in calendar peek cards and the Places people pages when users have actions to complete to organize their day. Users will be prompted to "quick book" rooms for in-person meetings and desks for in-office days. They will also see recommendations to update their work location to "Office" when needed for in-person events.
GA date: November CY2024

OneDrive: Office Files on Hold

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 23:30:52 Z

If a tenant has the (EnableHoldTheFile) GPO enabled, and the end users run into Office file conflicts, then end users can open the file in Office to merge changes. If a tenant has the GPO disabled, and the end users run into Office file conflicts, then OneDrive automatically creates a copy of the file in conflict. When tenants have this GPO disabled, it leads to end users potentially having to manually merge hundreds of conflicts because OneDrive automatically forks a file instead of allowing the users to have the option to merge conflicts in Office. The proposal no longer allows tenants to disable this GPO thus not automatically forking a file when in conflict for end users.
GA date: April CY2025

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Places

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 23:30:52 Z

Microsoft Places is an AI-powered workplace app for flexible work, empowering hybrid employees to foster in-office collaboration and leveraging insights into space optimization. Places intelligently allows you to coordinate your hybrid team to make the most of in-office days, modernize how employees make connections, and optimize space management with occupancy and utilization data.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Ability to request delegate access in Viva Insights

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:51 Z

Viva Insights users will now be able request delegate access from a Manager in the Insights Teams or Web app. Previously, Managers could assign delegates, but potential delegates could not request access from a Manager. This request access update will allow for increased ease & flexibility of providing delegate access in Insights.
GA date: December CY2024

Outlook: Additional features on the profile card in Outlook Mobile

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 23:30:52 Z

Reachability panel, hybrid location, and pronouns (read only) will be available on the Outlook profile card in iOS and Android. Events panel will be replaced with the calendar in Outlook mobile.
GA date: February CY2025
Preview date: January CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Enhanced Third Party app purchase experience in Teams and Teams Admin Center

Thu, 19 Oct 2023 23:13:33 Z

Shipping an enhanced purchase experience in a Teams look and feel for Teams 3 party application in both Teams store and Teams Admin Center. This feature will slowly roll out, first to customers with a commerce billing account then to customer without a commerce billing account.

GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft To Do: Microsoft To Do availability in Outlook on the web

Tue, 02 Apr 2024 23:30:14 Z

Microsoft To Do will be available from the Outlook on the web app launcher. To Do will replace the tasks module currently available. After this change, you will see To Do in the app launcher instead of tasks.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Intune: New design for Windows Company Portal app

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 23:15:53 Z

With the updated design, users will see improvements in user experience for the Home, Devices, and Downloads & updates pages. The new design is more intuitive and highlights areas where users need to take action.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Cross-platform meetings via SIP join for Teams Rooms

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 23:15:54 Z

Joining SIP-based conferencing services like Google Meet, Zoom, Cisco Webex, and others via Teams Rooms offers a seamless collaboration experience, mirroring the native Teams interface. This integration supports features such as 1080p video, dual screen, various layout options, HDMI input, and others contingent on the third-party platform's in-meeting controls. A SIP calling plan from a CVI partner, currently Pexip, is necessary. This is available for Teams Rooms customers with a Pro license.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Start/stop recording on Teams Rooms on Windows

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 23:30:55 Z

When attending a meeting using a Teams Rooms on Windows device, users can now start or stop recording without having to join on their companion device. The start/stop recording button will be available on the Teams Rooms on Windows device for all in-tenant meetings. This feature requires the Teams Rooms Pro license.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Support for PowerPoint live within Cloud Video Interop (CVI)

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 23:15:15 Z

This new functionality will provide CVI Partners with the ability to display still images when PowerPoint live content is being presented within a Microsoft Teams meeting. The PowerPoint presentation will then be displayed as video content, this will not include animations or embedded videos.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft 365: Cloud Update logs for Microsoft Purview Audit Standard Users

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:30:09 Z

Activities performed by administrators within the Cloud Update service, like enabling Cloud Update or changing a Cloud Update configuration setting, will generate Audit logs stored in Purview Audit and will be accessible by Microsoft Purview Audit Standard Users.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Updated Hyperlink Insertion

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:15:44 Z

You can now insert a hyperlink in your chat message text in fewer clicks. Select the text you want to display and paste the URL, without needing to use the traditional hyperlink dialog box.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Customize who receives shift request notifications

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:30:09 Z

To streamline your workflow and reduce notifications, we've enhanced our notification system so that shift request alerts are now exclusively sent to schedule group owners, and not all owners of a team. This targeted approach ensures that the right people receive the necessary updates, helping team owners maintain focus.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Places - Team guidance

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:30:09 Z

With team guidance in Places, managers communicate which days their team should plan to be in the office and what the priorities are for each in-office day. Providing a purpose for team days in the office gives you another reason to come into the office.
GA date: November CY2024

Outlook: Microsoft Places - Individual desk booking

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:30:09 Z

With the addition of individual desk booking via Places Finder, employees can view individual desks, filter by sections, and book a specific desk.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Live transcription on Teams Rooms on Windows

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:00:59 Z

You can control live transcription (start, stop, restart) during a meeting from a Team Rooms on Windows device. The real-time transcript includes each speaker's name and timestamp. You can also change settings including the spoken language, the translated language, and whether the original and translated transcript would show side by side. This feature is available in Teams Rooms Pro.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Live caption translation in Teams Rooms on Windows

Tue, 22 Oct 2024 23:00:59 Z

While live captions display in the spoken language by default, on Teams Rooms on Windows, you can now choose the translation language you prefer without affecting what other meeting participants see. This feature is available on Teams Rooms Pro.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Power Apps card for Viva Connections

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:30:09 Z

This card allows you to bring your Power Apps and Cards on the dashboard for quick access.
GA date: December CY2024

Outlook: Name pronunciation on profile card in Outlook web and Outlook desktop

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:30:09 Z

Microsoft Intune: Multiple managed accounts (Suite)

Fri, 10 Feb 2023 00:18:34 Z

Allows people to use a single device with multiple company accounts to access company information through Teams and OneDrive.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft 365 apps: Microsoft 365 Apps and Services update to AES256-CBC for encrypting emails and files with Purview Information Protection

Tue, 30 May 2023 23:33:06 Z

Microsoft 365 Apps, Exchange Online, and SharePoint Online will begin to use AES256 in cipher block chaining (CBC) mode by default when emails and documents are encrypted with Microsoft Purview Information Protection.

GA date: August CY2023

Microsoft Teams: Chat for organizers and presenters in town hall

Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:45:41 Z

Organizers, co-organizers, and presenters can chat privately in a separate chat from attendees. This chat is available to access before, during, and after the event.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Embed Support for Teams town hall

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 23:30:01 Z

Users can now embed Teams town halls in the SharePoint sites they manage. This capability allows town hall attendees to watch the event instance within a particular SharePoint site.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Volume ratio control for language interpretation

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:15:05 Z

New user setting that enables meeting participants using language interpretation to control the volume ratio between the original meeting audio and the interpretation audio.
GA date: November CY2024

Outlook: Pick a local folder for saving attachments

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 23:15:19 Z

Users are now able to pick a folder when saving an attachment in the new Outlook for Windows. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Event Chat for town halls (Premium)

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:30:14 Z

Previously in a town hall, only presenters and organizers could chat with each other. With this new update, attendees, presenters and organizers can now chat together during a town hall using the new Event Chat feature. Presenters and organizers can still chat privately during the town hall as well. A Teams Premium license is required for the organizer role to deploy this feature within town hall instances.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Decorate your background for GCC, GCC High and DoD environments (Premium)

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 23:15:10 Z

Decorate your background is now available to customers in the GCC, GCC High and DoD environments. Decorate your background is a generative background effect in Teams that makes meetings more fun and personal by using AI to spruce up your meeting background. Blend your physical and digital spaces, enabling you to revamp what’s seen of your physical meeting space for each call. This technology allows for effortless room clean-ups, adding virtual plants, or festive decorations for special events. Decorate your background requires a Teams Premium license.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Places - Space analytics with Copilot

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 23:00:59 Z

?In space analytics, use Copilot to analyze and explain key data points and trends in your space utilization graphs. It compares current utilization metrics such as occupancy, desk usage, and room bookings against previous time periods (e.g. last month, last quarter), highlighting important changes and trends.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Places - Space analytics

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 23:00:59 Z

Space analytics in Places provides dashboards for buildings, bookable rooms, and desk pools, providing a unified view of key metrics. Users can pick the space type of their interest and dive deeper to know more about its utilization.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Automatic installation and update of the Network Device Interface (NDI) in Teams (Windows Only)

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:30:09 Z

This update now enables users to install and update the Network Device Interface (NDI) automatically in Microsoft Teams without any manual process. This allows organizations to broadcast audio and video streams from Teams instances to a user's local network. It is currently only available on Windows devices.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Town hall concurrent attendee increase to 50,000

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:30:09 Z

Organizers of town hall instances can now reach wider audiences in a single event with an expansion to a maximum of 50,000 simultaneous attendees. This increase serves as a significant jump from the previous attendee cap of 20,000 for organizers with a Teams Premium license. The quality and stability of town halls up to this new limit will remain constant, providing high-quality and reliable content to participants. For events with more than 20,000 concurrent attendees, some interactivity features are disabled for all attendees. Organizations can get support for audiences up to 50,000 concurrent attendees by reaching out to the Microsoft 365 Live Event Assistance Program (LEAP) for assistance (Microsoft 365 Live Event Assistance Program – Microsoft Adoption). This feature is available for town hall organizers that have an active Teams Premium license.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Communication Compliance - Notify users about hidden content matches in Communication Compliance

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 23:00:59 Z

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - MIP auto-labeling for Azure SQL & Storage

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 23:00:59 Z

Extend your sensitivity labels to specific or all subscriptions within Azure Storage and Azure SQL Server via auto-labeling policy. Clearly define labeling conditions for data sources beyond M365 without fear of it interfering with existing M365 files configurations.
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights - Admin ability to assign Delegates

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:30:09 Z

Admins (Global administrators or Insights administrators) will now be able to assign or remove delegates for a Manager in Viva Insights via PowerShell. Previously, only Managers could assign delegates. Now, this ability provides delegate access in Insights to admins, allowing for ease and flexibility.
GA date: November CY2024

Excel: Forms data sync support in Excel desktop

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 23:00:59 Z

Users can get up-to-date form responses data in Excel desktop. Users can also create a new form from Excel desktop with a data sync connection to the Excel workbook.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: New setting enables meeting participants to move between breakout rooms

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 22:15:57 Z

Now, meeting organizers can make the list of breakout rooms visible to all meeting participants and allow them to choose which room to join. Enabling this setting in breakout rooms allows participants to move freely from one room to another, simplifying breakout room coordination for meeting organizers and participants.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Usage reports - Microsoft Copilot with enterprise data protection

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 23:15:16 Z

A new product usage report will be added in the Microsoft 365 admin center, providing insights into active usage of Microsoft Copilot with enterprise data protection. The report will include total active users, average daily active users, and active users per platform (e.g. Microsoft 365 App and Edge). Usage insights can be viewed as totals and trends for the past 7, 30, 90, or 180-day periods. The report will also show the last activity date per user, anonymized by default.
GA date: November CY2024

Outlook: Entry point change - apps when reading emails moved to the ribbon

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:15:35 Z

The Apps flyout and entry point for pinned apps will be moved to the Home tab in the Ribbon in the New Outlook and Outlook for Web. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Digital signage on Teams Rooms on Windows

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 23:15:19 Z

Users can view dynamic, engaging, and relevant content on the Teams Rooms front-of-room display when the device is not in use. Admins can remotely configure tenant-wide and room-specific digital signage settings at scale from Teams Rooms Pro Management. Integrations with selected third-party digital signage providers and content management systems are supported, initial partners are Appspace and XOGO. This feature is available for Teams Rooms Pro license customers.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Search - query suggestions

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 23:15:04 Z

Now you can form search queries quickly and efficiently with enhanced people-query suggestions. Start typing a person name in the search bar, and get recommendations based on results most relevant to you.
GA date: October CY2024

SharePoint: Microsoft Syntex – simple document processing model

Fri, 23 Aug 2024 22:15:47 Z

A prebuilt model that uses OCR and AI to detect the primary language of the file, key-value pairs, tables, selection marks, and barcodes. As with other models, it can be configured to extract this information to specified library columns.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Cloud IntelliFrame video feed support extended to Teams Rooms on Android and Teams mobile devices

Fri, 06 Sep 2024 22:30:01 Z

Cloud IntelliFrame, the video framing feature that enhances the visibility of people in the room for online meeting attendees, is now available for Teams Rooms on Android and Teams Mobile users when they join a meeting that has participants in a Teams Rooms on Windows.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Users can opt-in to try the new calendar in Teams

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 23:15:03 Z

The new calendar in Teams combines rich productivity features and the latest innovations, like Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Places, to help users collaborate seamlessly from anywhere. The new calendar in Teams is designed to be familiar and reliable, as it’s one unified calendar that works across new Outlook for Windows, Outlook on the web, Microsoft Places, and now Microsoft Teams. With this update, users will see the "New calendar" toggle at the top right of the calendar app in Teams. New calendar is off by default, and users can toggle to try the new experience.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Just-in-time support on MacOS

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:30:50 Z

You can use Endpoint data loss prevention (DLP) just-in-time (JIT) protection to block all egress activities on monitored files while waiting for policy evaluation to successfully complete. When JIT protection is enabled, and while policy evaluation is processing, Endpoint DLP blocks all egress activities for each user whose account is in the selected scope. Endpoint DLP audits the egress activities for all user accounts that have been excluded (via the Exclude setting) or are otherwise not in scope.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/endpoint-dlp-get-started-jit?view=o365-worldwide
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Entra compromised user signals in IRM

Tue, 08 Oct 2024 23:15:42 Z

With this feature, IRM analysts can identify if the user being investigated has any compromise user alerts in Microsoft Entra. This will help them formulate the right response action, like escalating the Incident to SOC teams for quick remediation, etc. Microsoft Entra offers two types of compromised user detections: 1. Sign in risk detections - Compromise risk associated with a specific sign-in. 2. User risk detections - Compromise risk associated with a specific user. - Insider risk management admins can opt into each of the above risk detections from Insider risk management global settings. - Risk detections will be available in the indicator timeline within the alert investigation experience. - Risk detections will not impact the risk score or severity of Insider risk management alerts. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/entra/id-protection/concept-identity-protection-risks
GA date: February CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Improved People Search

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:15:44 Z

You can now search for content related to specific people. Start by typing the name of the relevant person in the search bar and select the filter to narrow down the search results and get relevant content suggestions.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - IRM alerts in XDR

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:30:50 Z

With this feature, IRM alerts and other supporting data will be available in the following Microsoft Defender XDR experiences: 1. IRM alerts will be surfaced in unified alert and Incident queue in Microsoft Defender XDR. 2. IRM alerts, Indicators, and enriched events will be available in Microsoft Defender XDR advanced hunting. Analysts can leverage KQL queries to identify potentially hidden risky patterns in data security related user activity. 3. IRM alert, Indicators, and enriched events will be exposed through Graph API. This feature can be enabled through “Share data with Microsoft Defender XDR” within Microsoft Insider Risk Management settings. To ensure privacy of the data, all IRM data in Microsoft Defender XDR can only be accessed by users with Insider risk analyst or Insider risk investigator permissions in Purview. Existing analysts accessing IRM data in purview will continue to access IRM data in Microsoft Defender XDR. IRM data in Microsoft Defender XDR does not honor anonymization. This is to enable effective correlation of IRM alerts with alerts from other solutions in Microsoft Defender XDR platform (such as Defender for Endpoint, Defender for Cloud apps, etc.). Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: April CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Copilot agents in Teams group chats

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 23:00:59 Z

Now users can discover and add Copilot agents to group chats in Teams to extend Microsoft Copilot to their flow of work.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Connections insights and recommendations digest

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:30:50 Z

This creates a periodic digest email to editors of Viva Connections, informing them of the analytics summary of their Connections experience and recommendations to improve engagement.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Downgrade/remove sensitivity label

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:30:50 Z

This feature is an enhancement to the existing IRM Office Indicator - Downgrading sensitivity labels applied to SharePoint files and removing sensitivity labels from SharePoint files. In the current version, only sensitivity label changes on SharePoint Web app are captured in IRM. But with the latest update, this indicator captures the sensitivity label changes (downgrade/remove) when performed on OneDrive, AIP, and Endpoint (SharePoint file opened in Office app or any sensitivity label change on the local files on your device). Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Save filters for Activity Explorer

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 23:45:07 Z

Ability to save the filters applied to Activity Explorer and use them later.
GA date: February CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Adaptive Protection in Gov Cloud

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:15:55 Z

Adaptive Protection will now be available in Government clouds. Adaptive Protection is a capability of Microsoft Purview that dynamically assigns appropriate Data Loss Prevention policies to users based on the risk levels analyzed by the machine learning models in Insider Risk Management. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Access to M365 header

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 00:00:00 Z

Solution displays M365 header in Viva Glint to improve discoverability of other M365 apps
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Improved Report PDF Exports

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 23:15:46 Z

PDFs exported from Glint Reports are improved to be easily printable, searchable, and readable.
GA date: August CY2024

Outlook: Search Meeting Attendees

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 23:45:23 Z

Allow user to search meeting attendees by name in the tracking list. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Mesh app on PC supports guest access for events

Wed, 28 Aug 2024 23:30:30 Z

Mesh events allows for even better collaboration for more people by now supporting guest user attendees into the Mesh PC app. Event organizers can invite guest users outside their organization, providing an opportunity for broader collaboration and networking in Mesh events. Guests can sign in to the Mesh app to join events, participate in discussions, and experience the same interactive features as internal users, all while maintaining secure access control. Guest user creation follows the existing process for tenant guest user creation (outside of Mesh). For this release, guest users would require a Teams Premium license, just like regular tenant attendees, to collaborate within Mesh. Guest access for the Mesh app on Quest and support for anonymous participants will be supported in a future update.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft 365 Copilot GCC general availability

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:30:09 Z

Bringing Microsoft 365 Copilot GCC, your AI assistant for work in the GCC environment. It combines the power of Large Language Models with your work content and context, to help you draft and rewrite, summarize and organize, catch up on what you missed, and get answers to questions via open prompts. Copilot generates answers using the rich, people-centric data and insights available in the Microsoft Graph. Microsoft 365 Copilot GCC is available in Teams (Chat and Channel) excluding Compose, Outlook (includes mobile), Word, PowerPoint, and Excel as well as other surfaces, including microsoft365.com.
More info: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/public-sector-blog/microsoft-copilot-for-microsoft-365-gcc-ga-update-empowering/ba-p/4222952
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Ability to fetch the original file resulting in policy match as evidence (Microsoft managed storage)

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:51 Z

Microsoft Teams: Brand Impersonation Protection for Teams Messaging

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 23:15:44 Z

Identify if an external user is impersonating a brand commonly targeted by phishing attacks, during their initial contact with an enterprise user via Teams messages.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Places - Managed booking with Copilot

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:30:44 Z

Building on booking suggestions, Copilot's managed booking feature rebooks room declines for single and recurring meetings, especially when room availability varies week to week. Additionally, Copilot will handle any changes, updates, and conflicts to guarantee a room for your meetings.
GA date: November CY2024

Outlook: Sync folder order

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 22:15:52 Z

The order of folders in Outlook mobile will now sync to match the folder order on other Outlook apps.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Actionable Email Notifications for Enhanced Incident Remediation

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:30:44 Z

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention end-user email notification is getting advanced incident remediation capabilities: actionable email notifications. This new feature allows end users to take remediation actions directly from their mailbox, streamlining the remediation process. The end users will be able take remediation actions on files on OneDrive and SharePoint that caused a policy match. Key actions now available in our email notifications include - stop sharing file, delete file, apply label, override the policy, report false positive and unable to take action. Currently this feature is only available for OneDrive and SharePoint workloads.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: November CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Microsoft Purview Endpoint DLP blanket protections for unscannable file types

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:30:44 Z

Purview Endpoint DLP supports a set of specific file extensions and types. For file extensions not listed in this document, customers must use the 'File extension is' or 'File type is' rule condition. However, this approach can be challenging, as it requires manually enumerate all desired file extensions. This feature will enable protection for files outside the standard Purview Endpoint DLP monitoring scope.
More info: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/endpoint-dlp-learn-about#monitored-files
GA date: December CY2024
Preview date: November CY2024

Visio: Define Shape Data in Visio for the web [Visio Plan 1, Plan 2]

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:06:12 Z

Users with a Visio Plan 1 or Visio Plan 2 license will be able to harness the full potential of shape data in Visio for the web. This powerful feature enables users to create custom data fields and associate them with shapes, simplifying the process of tracking and analyzing information in their diagrams.

GA date: August CY2024

SharePoint: Microsoft Lists - Drag to order list items

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 23:15:25 Z

Easily organize your list in the Microsoft Lists app by dragging and dropping items into a custom sort order for you and your team.
GA date: August CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - Integration into Microsoft Copilot Dashboard from Viva Insights

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 01:15:18 Z

Initiate a Copilot impact survey that helps leaders and IT admins understand the return on investment of rolling out Copilot and AI tools across their organizations. Viva Pulse provides a way for organizations to capture sentiment data that maps to work patterns data from Viva Insights to measure AI adoption.
GA date: October CY2024

Visio: Define Shape Data in Visio for the web

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 02:15:52 Z

Microsoft Purview Information Protection: Shared mailbox support security group assignments on encrypted mail access in Outlook for Windows

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:30:49 Z

Members in mail-enabled security group that are assigned to a shared mailbox can access encrypted mail directly using Outlook for Windows. Users can access encrypted mail with Do Not Forward or Encrypt-only protection.
GA date: September CY2024
Preview date: June CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Granular exclusion

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 23:15:22 Z

Granular exclusion allows admins to adjust and fine tune indicators according to organizational preferences to help tailor the detection of risks that may lead to a potential security incident. For example, admins can configure the indicator “sending email with attachments to recipients outside the organization” to only detect emails sent to personal domains (e.g. outlook.com). In that way, admins can reduce the number of false positives. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies to manage security and compliance. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: October CY2024

OneDrive: Find your files faster than ever with a new and improved search experience in OneDrive Web

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 23:15:10 Z

OneDrive for web now lets you find your files faster than ever with a new and improved search functionality. Say goodbye to the days of endlessly scrolling through folders to find that one elusive document. With our latest update, locating your files is now faster and more intuitive than ever before. Whether it's in your personal OneDrive, shared folders, or document libraries, our improved search feature allows you to seamlessly sift through your digital workspace from one centralized location. We've added new filters for different file types, ensuring you can pinpoint exactly what you're looking for and with the date filter, you can narrow down your search results to find files created or modified within a specific timeframe. We understand that searching within a folder or document library is important to you, and for that, we have simplified scoping options that will enable precise searches within folders, sites, or document libraries. We've also visually updated the interface with more metadata, ensuring you effortlessly identify the right files every time.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Excel: Extending support for Insights Services to GCC sovereign cloud

Wed, 08 May 2024 23:45:39 Z

GCC sovereign cloud customers will be able to use features in Excel run by Insights Services, including Analyze Data found on the Home tab.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Exfiltration of business sensitive data to free public domain emails

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 22:15:31 Z

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - Notifications management for administrators to configure where Pulse notifications are delivered

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:26 Z

Pulse administrators can configure where Pulse notifications are delivered. This applies to Viva Pulse on the web and in the Viva app in Microsoft Teams.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Local PTZ for Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows

Fri, 26 Jul 2024 22:30:19 Z

Microsoft Teams Rooms on Windows will provide native Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) controls for connected cameras that support this capability. The feature will initially contain limited support for cameras with mechanical/optical PTZ, with digital PTZ to come in the future.
GA date: May CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Copilot dashboard access can be granted using Entra groups

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 23:15:02 Z

In the coming months, the Microsoft Copilot Dashboard access can be granted by Global admins using Microsoft Entra ID (AAD) Groups. This will reduce the manual effort of the admins.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva-Glint - Self service for custom access data user export

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 23:15:45 Z

This feature allows Glint admins to export the access data that has been customized for users in the platform.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Voice and face data export controls

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 23:30:30 Z

This new feature provides controls for voice and face profile data export for users. To ensure security and protection of user privacy, individuals can export their own profile data limiting risk of download or sharing by tenant administrators.
GA date: November CY2024

Outlook: Drag emails into Calendar icon in the app bar to create an event

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 23:30:30 Z

Users can drag and drop emails into the Calendar icon on the left app bar of Outlook to create an event. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Viva: File and conversation admin settings in Engage admin center

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 23:30:49 Z

Admins can now manage file and conversation-related settings from the Engage admin center without being routed to the legacy Yammer admin center.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Outlook win32 DLP Policy tip & oversharing popup support for new DLP Predicates

Fri, 13 Sep 2024 22:15:36 Z

Introducing two new DLP Exchange predicates support for DLP Policy tips and Oversharing popups for E5 users: "Message contains" and "Attachment contains" with a focus on client-side evaluation on specific email components (like email body or attachments) only. Unlike the broader "Content contains" predicate that evaluated entire email envelope, these enable targeted DLP evaluation on specific email components only and show DLP Policy tips and oversharing popups accordingly in Outlook win32.
GA date: October CY2024

Outlook: New work location sharing options

Fri, 27 Sep 2024 22:45:32 Z

This updates the work location sharing options to include the option of not sharing any location information to other users in the organization. The three supported location sharing options will now be "No location shared," "Only general location shared (Office or Remote)," and "Detailed location shared (Building or desk location information)." The location sharing option will be respected when showing a user's location information coming from Work Hours and Location across Outlook, Places, and Teams experiences. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights - Analyst query notification email

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 18:16:00 Z

We are launching a new feature for a Viva Insights Analyst who will be able to receive a query notification email that provides them with the status of their recently completed query. The notification email will be triggered both for a successful and failed query executed in Advanced Insights (Analyst workbench). Both custom queries and Power BI reports are in the scope of this feature. The Viva Insights Analyst can access the Analyst query notification email from their inbox.
GA date: November CY2024

SharePoint: Optical Character Recognition now supports hybrid PDFs (text and image)

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 23:30:20 Z

SharePoint OCR feature now extends support to hybrid PDFs, which contain both images and text. Previously, OCR was limited to image-only PDFs, but with this update, you can seamlessly extract and utilize text from hybrid documents.
GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Edge: Authorized group setting in Microsoft Edge for Business

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:15:13 Z

The authorized group setting ensures that Edge respects the settings for "Printer groups," "Removable USB device groups," and "Network share groups" in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal. This change will prevent users from bypassing Data Loss Prevention (DLP) protections by using Edge, thereby enhancing security and compliance.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Microsoft Copilot general availability for GCC

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:30:09 Z

Microsoft Copilot will be generally available for the GCC environment and will be delivered with web grounding OFF by default. This is required to help protect US government sensitive information which should not leave the GCC compliance boundary.
GA date: April CY2025

Microsoft 365 admin center: Usage reports - New Outlook for Windows

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:30:03 Z

The Microsoft 365 apps usage report will include usage metrics for the new Outlook for Windows. This feature allows organizations to monitor the adoption and usage of the new Outlook for Windows client within their organization. The report provides detailed metrics on the number of active users who have transitioned from Outlook for Windows (classic) to the new Outlook for Windows.
GA date: March CY2025

Outlook: Optional connected experiences privacy setting

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:30:03 Z

This rollout introduces the privacy setting for "Allow the use of additional optional connected experiences in Office" in Outlook on the web which is available in other Office apps today. The setting is found under Settings > General > Privacy and data > Privacy settings.
GA date: December CY2024

Outlook: Custom account icons in Outlook Mobile

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:30:03 Z

Soon, you'll be able to choose a custom icon so that it's easier to tell your accounts apart while using Outlook on iOS and Android.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Engage - Edit and schedule polls

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:30:03 Z

Users can schedule a poll for publication in Engage. Users can also edit a poll prior to publication, though once published, a poll is not editable. This change brings the edit and schedule capability to polls, like all other post types in Engage (discussion, question, praise, and article).
GA date: January CY2025

Outlook: Reset people suggestions in Outlook search for GCC and DoD

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:30:03 Z

This feature will allow users to reset, export, and/or opt out of people suggestions in search through settings in the Outlook on the web and the new Outlook for Windows. When a reset is done, all versions of Outlook will reflect the change. This feature is already available in worldwide multitenant and will now be available for customers in GCC and DoD. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: December CY2024

Planner: Board view in My Tasks

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:30:03 Z

Board view in My Tasks offers a visual representation of your tasks similar to a kanban board, making it easier to track progress and manage your workload. See all your tasks at a glance and move them between columns to update their progress. You can group tasks by Plan, Progress, Due Date, and Priority, allowing you to tailor the board to your specific needs. Board view is available in addition to the existing grid view in My Tasks.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Glint - Self service for bulk custom access

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 23:20:56 Z

This feature will allow a Glint Admin to apply custom access in bulk through Roles
GA date: March CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Ability to fetch the original file resulting in policy match as evidence | customer managed storage

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 23:40:41 Z

In the alerts triage & incident management experience, the admin can access a copy of the file that was restricted by DLP. The original file is uploaded to a customer managed storage (Azure blob). The admin uses this data to analyze the contents to confirm the full set of data that was exfiltrated to assess severity.

GA date: October CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Introduction of secure workflow to bypass legal holds and retention policies

Wed, 22 May 2024 23:30:29 Z

The first release of Priority cleanup enables admins to create a recurring exception to delete items under a broader retention policy and/or legal hold on Exchange workload. Creating a Priority cleanup will require a separate security role, multiple approvers, and will have a complete audit trail.
GA date: January CY2025
Preview date: November CY2024

Outlook: Calendar split view when surface is set to month view

Thu, 16 May 2024 23:15:55 Z

When viewing multiple calendars in month view, users will be able to select "split view" to see those calendars displayed side by side. This feature will be available in new Outlook for Windows and web. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: June CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Enhanced app discovery

Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:15:18 Z

With enhanced app discovery users can easily discover and use apps they've previously used in group chats, channels, and meetings, allowing them to consent to use the app everywhere in Teams with one click.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft 365 app: Retention Labels are available for Loop pages and components

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 23:30:01 Z

Organizations that rely on Microsoft's records management capabilities in Purview can now include Loop content in their workflows with Retention Labels on Loop pages and components. There's an in-app experience when a label is applied or a record is locked.
GA date: December CY2024

Outlook: Scheduling Assistant Updates

Thu, 23 May 2024 23:15:08 Z

We are updating the scheduling assistant view to help users have better readability. Some of these changes are in alignment to customer the feedback. These changes will also improve the grid lines, availability view, adding combined availability bar and much more. These updates will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: August CY2024

Outlook: First phase of PST support in new Outlook for Windows

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 23:30:13 Z

The first phase PST (a.k.a. Outlook Data File) support in the new Outlook for Windows provides read-only access to Mail items within *.pst files. Users will be able to open *.pst files, read their emails within *.pst files, and search *.pst files for emails. All Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks data saved in the *.pst files are still there, but they cannot be accessed in this preview. Next releases will expand PST support capabilities.
GA date: February CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Multiple camera view for Teams Room on Windows

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 22:00:28 Z

Teams Room on Windows will support up to four single stream cameras that will be shown to remote meeting attendees. With multiple camera view, remote meeting attendees will have the ability to follow all the action in the room and manually toggle between views from the room that they want to see.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Pulse - Pulse administrators can export Pulse data

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 00:00:26 Z

Viva Pulse administrators can now search for and export a user's Pulse report, user level, and tenant-level data to a .xlsx file.
GA date: March CY2025

Microsoft Forms: New data sync solution replaces old data sync solution for syncing forms responses to Excel

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 23:15:02 Z

Forms is introducing a new data sync solution with higher reliability to sync forms responses data to Excel. The older version of live data sync will be replaced by the newer solution.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Host and attendee interaction visibility for multi-room Mesh events

Thu, 15 Aug 2024 23:15:05 Z

Mesh event attendees can now see raised hands and reactions from attendees in other rooms during large, multi-room Mesh events. This creates a greater sense of audience feedback as a whole across all rooms in a Mesh event and increases total audience engagement. Additionally, event hosts will now be able to move between all rooms in a multi-room Mesh event.
GA date: November CY2024

Outlook: People Hub improvements in new Outlook for Windows

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 23:30:14 Z

In new Outlook for Windows, the People Hub offers a streamlined contacts interface with a single view of each person, automatically linking duplicates and enriching them with organizational profiles. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop - Multi-geo support for shared Loop workspaces

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:15:13 Z

This ensures data storage for shared Loop workspaces is in the correct geo. M365 group-owned workspaces are created in the group's geo, while non-M365 group-owned workspaces are created in the creator's preferred data location.
GA date: March CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Archived Teams' schedules no longer visible

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:15:03 Z

We've improved the schedule view by hiding archived teams' schedules. This reduces clutter, allowing you to focus on active teams and their schedules.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights - Data export for Viva Glint and Viva Insights data

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:30:21 Z

This feature will allow Viva Insights Analyst to download a CSV file containing Viva Glint survey results joined with Viva Insights organizational data.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Math Progress

Wed, 06 Nov 2024 00:30:44 Z

Accelerate student math skills with Microsoft Teams: Math Progress.
GA date: December CY2024

Outlook: Labeling email from attachment's label in Outlook on the web and New Outlook

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 22:47:11 Z

Outlook on the web and New Outlook will match the highest sensitivity label from attachments on email. Admins can configure this either using the cmdlet set-label policy advanced setting or the Compliance portal to configure the label policy (Roadmap 100158). Customers will automatically see or will be recommended that an email gets the higher label from an attachment's label. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: February CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: AI hub in Microsoft Purview

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:44:14 Z

Update: Microsoft Purview AI Hub is released to general availability. Along with this release, the name has been rebranded to Microsoft Purview Data Security Posture Management for AI (DSPM for AI) and capabilities have been added that include supporting admin units, displaying AI policies that were created in Purview solutions, and supporting additional AI apps. A version of DSPM for AI is also available to additional licensing, specifically Microsoft 365 E3 and Microsoft 365 Copilot licenses. The AI hub in Microsoft Purview is a centralized location to gain insights into generative AI activity including the sensitive data flowing in AI prompts - both for Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 and non-Microsoft AI applications.
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: May CY2024

Outlook: Send updates only to added or removed attendees

Wed, 01 May 2024 23:15:54 Z

When updating meeting attendees, organizers will be prompted with an option to send updates only to added or removed attendees or send updates to all attendees. This feature will be available in the new Outlook for Windows and web #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: July CY2024

Outlook: Support S/MIME in the new Outlook for Windows

Fri, 24 May 2024 22:00:42 Z

New Outlook for Windows will support S/MIME (Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail extensions) signing and encryption. All new and existing S/MIME configurations will work without any explicit action from admins. The feature was already available for Web and now we are extending its availability to New Outlook. #newoutlookforwindows
GA date: November CY2024
Preview date: October CY2024

Microsoft Viva: Viva Insights - Integration of Glint and Pulse results into Copilot Dashboard

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 23:45:33 Z

Initiate a Copilot impact survey that helps leaders and IT admins understand the return on investment of rollout out Copilot and AI tools across their organizations. View results from responses to surveys initiated from Viva Glint or Viva Pulse directly in the Viva Insights Copilot Dashboard.
GA date: September CY2024

Microsoft 365 admin center: Microsoft 365 Copilot Usage report - Business Chat

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 23:15:19 Z

The Microsoft 365 Copilot usage report in the Microsoft 365 admin center will be updated to include usage of Microsoft 365 Copilot Business Chat (web) along with the existing usage data for Business Chat (work). It will also include enabled users and active users adoption information for new entry points Edge and Microsoft 365 App for Microsoft 365 Copilot.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - New Insider Risk Management Reporting Capabilities

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:15:13 Z

Insider risk management is introducing one central location for all reports including analytics and user activity reports. Additional reports will also be available that will summarize trends in alerts generated and cases created. Sample reports include alerts generated over time, alerts actioned over time, alerts and cases generated by region and department, top triggering events of alerts generated, and average time to triage alerts and cases. The ability to filter reports will also be introduced. Users with the admin, analyst or investigator role will have access to view the new Alerts & cases report. Permissions for accessing analytics and user activity reports have not changed. Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management correlates various signals to identify potential malicious or inadvertent insider risks, such as IP theft, data leakage, and security violations. Insider Risk Management enables customers to create policies based on their own internal policies, governance, and organizational requirements. Built with privacy by design, users are pseudonymized by default, and role-based access controls and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
GA date: February CY2025
Preview date: December CY2024

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Enable admins to inherit document library label from container label of a group/site/team

Fri, 11 Oct 2024 22:15:46 Z

This enables admins to inherit document library label from the container label of a group/site/team. New and edited documents within the default document library will be labeled automatically. If the SharePoint admin had already configured a default document library labeling, this setting will not override it.
GA date: July CY2025
Preview date: March CY2025

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Places - Auto update location with Workplace Presence

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:30:09 Z

With Workplace Presence, you can discover coworkers who are in office nearby. Location will be automatically updated to “office” when we detect that an employee is on site, signaled by the connection of their laptop to a known peripheral, e.g. a known or company-managed monitor in a corporate office, or on a bookable desk. Users can enable/disable “Auto-update my location when detected in the office” via the Places settings menu in Teams.
GA date: November CY2024

Microsoft Teams: DVR (Digital Video Recording) capabilities for town halls on desktop and web

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 23:30:37 Z

Users can now interact with an instance of a live streaming town hall instance in the same way they would a recorded piece of content when viewing via desktop or web. DVR functionality in town hall enables event attendees to pause and move forward or back within a town hall, navigate to any previously-streamed timestamp, and other abilities that make interacting with a town hall more convenient and makes it easier to digest the content being presented. This feature is available for all town halls regardless of the license assigned to the organizers.
GA date: December CY2024

Microsoft Teams: Microsoft Purview supports inheriting sensitivity labels from shared files to Teams meetings (Premium)

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:30:03 Z

For Microsoft 365 E5 and Teams Premium customers, we are making it easier to leverage sensitivity labels from Microsoft Purview Information Protection to help set the right protection settings to meetings. Admins can now set a label inheritance policy for meeting, so that when an attendee shares a file that has a higher sensitivity than the meeting itself in meeting chat or via Live share, the meeting's sensitivity can be updated either automatically or via a recommendation to the organizer, to match with the sensitivity of the shared file.
GA date: January CY2025

Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - SharePoint Online extends library permissions to downloaded files.

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 23:45:19 Z

This new capability ties together SharePoint Online library permissions with Purview sensitivity labeling and protection. SharePoint Online document library owners can set a label on the library, automatically applying that label to all unprotected and unlabeled Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files at rest in the target library. This simplifies labeling in bulk across document libraries in an organization. This capability also helps protect files as they egress from the original document library, such as for collaboration purposes or attempted exfiltration. Files downloaded from these libraries are protected at download. Users accessing these files outside of SharePoint Online have their rights evaluated in real time against the online copy of the document. Changes to user permissions on the online copy of the document are reflected on downloaded copy, including full access removal. This provides a more streamlined way to revoke access to documents for individual users, versus revoking access on a per-document basis.
GA date: March CY2025
Preview date: November CY2024

Planner: Increased number of tasks and dependencies per premium plan in Microsoft Planner

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 23:45:19 Z

Create and manage up to 3,000 tasks and 2,000 dependencies within a Microsoft Planner premium plan.
GA date: February CY2025