Changes Microsoft announces – page 25

New and changed items from the Microsoft 365 roadmap and Azure Updates.

ChangeListStatusKey dateMicrosoft updatedVersions
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management: Data Security Investigations integrationMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentDecember 20271
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Insider Risk Management - Collection policies impact on IRMMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedSeptember 20251
Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal: Expanding access to Diagnostics to Compliance Administrator, Security Administrator and Organization ManagementMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedDecember 20251
Microsoft Purview Compliance Portal: Information Protection - Sensitivity Label support in EngageMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedSeptember 20251
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Endpoint DLP shows full path of target domainMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedApril 20251
Retirement Update: SAP container images removed October 14, 2026Azure Updates–
Retirement
14 October 20261
Public Preview: Azure SQL updates for mid-September 2026Azure UpdatesIn previewSeptember 20261
Public Preview: Azure Red Hat OpenShift with hosted control planesAzure UpdatesIn previewSeptember 20261
Public Preview: PostgreSQL skills and MCP plugin for Azure Database for PostgreSQLAzure UpdatesIn previewSeptember 20261
Outlook: Spell check before sending emails in new OutlookMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentOctober 20261
Dynamics 365 Project Operations: Optimize, discover and manage features from one placeMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentMay 20271
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Cost visibility in Monitor tabMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentSeptember 20261
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Cost visibility in Agent EvaluationsMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentSeptember 20261
Microsoft Copilot Studio: Cost visibility in Preview Chat and HistoryMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentSeptember 20261
PowerPoint: Async Notifications for PowerPoint Agent (Web)Microsoft 365 roadmapIn developmentOctober 20261
PowerPoint: Async Notifications for PowerPoint Agent (Windows Desktop)Microsoft 365 roadmapIn developmentOctober 20261
Microsoft Edge: v.153 - Changes to local IP address detection for proxy auto-config (PAC) scriptsMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedSeptember 20261
OneDrive: Exclude specific folders from syncingMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedAugust 20261
Microsoft Teams: New controls for quick views in the chat listMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedAugust 20261
Microsoft Viva: Copilot Analytics: Copilot usage snapshot PBI at day level with fresh dataMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedSeptember 20261
Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Expand protection to Copilot + PC devices for Recall snapshots through custom policiesMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedMay 20261
Microsoft Edge: v.153 - Tracking prevention when browsing InPrivateMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedSeptember 20261
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Semantic Goodbye word for voice in Microsoft 365 CopilotMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedDecember 20251
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility][Search UX] Rich entity representation for connectors in Search resultsMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedSeptember 20261
Outlook: New Cloud Policy controlsMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentOctober 20261
OneDrive: PDF annotation for sensitivity-label protected PDFs in the OneDrive apps (iOS and Android)Microsoft 365 roadmapLaunchedAugust 20261
Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention - Allow customer to scope JIT Audit to specific user or user groupMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentDecember 20261
Access: Zooming for Continuous Forms and Multiple-Items FormsMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedAugust 20261
Outlook: Copilot Settings in classic Outlook for WindowsMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedJuly 20261
Microsoft 365: Introducing Exchange Online Cross-tenant Message RecallMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedAugust 20261
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): [Copilot Extensibility] Users in GCC-M will able to use custom engine agentsMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedAugust 20261
Access: Enable zoom magnification to Microsoft Access for Forms, Tables, QueriesMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedMay 20261
Announcing: New Windows App client-side endpoints for Azure Virtual DesktopAzure Updates–October 20261
Public Preview: HTTP/3 over QUIC support in Azure Application GatewayAzure UpdatesIn previewSeptember 20261
Host folder shares might be unavailable in Hyper-V-based Linux VMsWindows known issuesResolved–1
Remote Desktop Services might stop responding after Sept. 2026 security updateWindows known issuesResolved–1
Word: Copilot edit mode is available to users in Office 365 GCCMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentOctober 20261
Microsoft Teams: Coordinated meetings support on Teams Rooms on AndroidMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentJanuary 20271
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Insights: Copilot Analytics - Cowork adoption and impactMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedJuly 20261
OneNote: Suggested Artifact Creation in Copilot NotebooksMicrosoft 365 roadmapRolling outAugust 20261
OneDrive: Refreshed Libraries View in OneDrive WebMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedJuly 20261
OneDrive: Document library views now available in OneDriveMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedJuly 20261
Outlook: Co-Authoring Highlight and RewriteMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedJuly 20261
Access: Cascading combo and list boxes with LinkMasterFields/LinkChildFieldsMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentSeptember 20261
Retirement: Azure Linux with OS Guard in Azure Kubernetes ServiceAzure Updates–
Retirement
10 December 20261
Public Preview: Agentless migration of on-premises SMB file shares to Azure Files (SMB)Azure UpdatesIn previewSeptember 20261
Microsoft Purview: Endpoint Data Loss Prevention-Archive File Classification Behavior Change for Windows EndpointsMicrosoft 365 roadmapIn developmentOctober 20261
Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): New Rich Answer CardsMicrosoft 365 roadmapRolling outSeptember 20261
Microsoft Teams: Clearer text highlighting in dark mode and high contrast modeMicrosoft 365 roadmapRolling outSeptember 20261
Microsoft Viva: Copilot Enhanced Topic AssignmentMicrosoft 365 roadmapLaunchedAugust 20261

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