Teams admin center will enhance meeting troubleshooting with automatic issue identification, detailed participant data, smarter search, and M365 Copilot integration. Rollout begins late January 2026, enabling admins to quickly diagnose and resolve meeting and call problems with improved tools and...

You can now deploy, manage, and monitor Secure Boot certificate updates. This

Starting January 7, 2026, Anthropic models will be enabled by default in many Microsoft 365 Copilot experiences under Microsoft’s Product Terms and Data Protection Addendum. Admins can toggle this setting, with default off in EU/EFTA, UK, and government clouds. Anthropic is now a Microsoft subpro...

Microsoft 365 admin center will introduce Copilot Readiness Packages by mid-January 2026, offering admins centralized, recommended settings, assessments, and guidance to deploy Copilot securely. No automatic changes or licenses are required. Admins can review and apply configurations to simplify ...

OneDrive mobile apps will gain built-in OCR to recognize text in scanned PDFs, making them editable and searchable. Rolling out worldwide from mid-December 2025 to late January 2026, the feature is enabled by default and requires no admin action. Users activate it by long-pressing a PDF page.

Microsoft Edge Workspaces will migrate saved data from OneDrive/SharePoint to Edge Sync starting mid-February 2026, removing collaboration features. Migration is automatic for all organizations using Workspaces, with no admin action needed. Sync-disabled devices will have local-only new Workspace...

Microsoft 365 Copilot chat will allow users to RSVP to meetings directly (Accept, Decline, Tentative, Follow, Remove canceled) starting early December 2025. This feature is on by default for licensed users, requires no admin action, and simplifies meeting management within Copilot chat.

Microsoft Defender Threat Intelligence is merging with Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel by August 1, 2026, offering integrated threat insights and enhanced analytics. Post-transition, MDTI requires an active Defender or Sentinel license. Organizations should prepare by updating licenses,...

New Microsoft Secure Score recommendations for Microsoft Defender for Endpoint will roll out in public preview by the end of December 2025, helping admins improve security by blocking common attacks. Admins should review and implement these recommendations, such as disabling NTLM authentication, ...

Microsoft Teams on macOS will automatically install and update Network Device Interface (NDI) binaries starting January 2026, enabling seamless broadcasting of audio and video streams without manual setup. This feature is enabled by default, affects all macOS users, and requires no admin or user ...

External Authentication Methods (EAM) Public Preview will enforce registration starting December 8, 2025. Existing users are pre-registered; new users after December 2, 2026, must complete in-line setup. Admins can register users. Organizations should prepare by communicating changes and reviewin...

Autocorrect will be added to Microsoft Teams compose for Windows and Mac, automatically correcting common misspellings by default starting December 2025 (Targeted Release) and January-February 2026 (General Availability). Users can disable it in Settings. No admin action is needed; update documen...