Starting mid-June 2026, Microsoft 365, Office 365, and EMS suites will receive enhanced security features like Microsoft Defender Plan 1, URL time-of-click protection, Intune improvements, and +50GB Exchange Online storage. Rollout completes by August 1, 2026, with new alerts and policy controls ...

Lock-free coauthoring in Microsoft Word allows multiple users to edit the same paragraph simultaneously, enhancing real-time collaboration. It will roll out globally from mid-May to early June 2026, enabling the feature by default without admin action. Older versions fallback to existing coauthor...

Starting June 2026, Microsoft will update the default user consent policy for Microsoft Graph to require admin consent for additional Exchange-related permissions. Users cannot grant consent for these unless apps are approved in the Mail client policy. Existing consents and custom policies remain...

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Microsoft Entra will enforce stricter federatedTokenValidationPolicy by default starting mid-August 2026, blocking federated sign-ins when internalDomainFederation doesn't match the user's UPN domain. This affects tenants with federated domains configured before December 2025 and aims to enhance ...

Starting June 2026, administrators can use new Intune app configuration keys to allow or block users from changing the default compose font name and size in Outlook for iOS and Android. By default, user changes remain blocked unless explicitly enabled by administrators.

SharePoint News web part introduces a new "Filmstrip" layout for visually prominent news display and expands multi-site news aggregation to GCC, GCC High, and DoD environments. Rollout begins May 2026, affecting SharePoint editors and site owners with no required action but recommended communicat...

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The new Outlook for Windows will support storing S/MIME certificates directly in Contacts, enabling encrypted emails and continuity from classic Outlook. This feature rolls out worldwide mid-May 2026, requires no admin setup, and improves secure communication for organizations using S/MIME encryp...

Microsoft 365 Copilot's Agent Builder will support scheduled workflows to run prompts automatically on hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly cadences. Rolling out worldwide in May 2026, this feature enables users to automate tasks per user, view and manage workflows, and requires no admin act...

Microsoft is upgrading Teams meeting templates backend for better security, requiring supported Teams and Outlook versions by June 30, 2026. Meeting templates function remains unchanged but need Teams Premium license. Users must update to specified minimum versions; no admin action needed. Commun...