MCP-based agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will support rich interactive UI widgets, enhancing user interactions with structured visuals. This rollout begins late February 2026. Admins manage agents via Microsoft 365 Admin Center with existing controls and Entra ID group access. No action is ...

Teams admins will soon access a new Protection reports section in the Teams admin center to review and export user-reported security submissions for calls (from mid-April 2026) and later for chats and channels. This requires enabling user reporting settings and helps improve organizational securi...

Microsoft Purview has removed relaxed proximity matching in out-of-box sensitive information types, enforcing stricter proximity rules to improve detection accuracy. This change may reduce detections in some scenarios and affects organizations using OOB SITs in data classification or DLP policies...

A new Exchange Online PowerShell cmdlet will allow admins to change the organizer of existing meetings or series, preserving meeting history and updating attendees silently within the tenant. Rollout begins mid-May 2026, requiring no configuration. User-initiated organizer changes in Outlook and ...

Teams Android device management is moving from the Teams admin center to the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal between April and September 2026. PMP will unify management of all Teams devices with enhanced features. No immediate action is needed; devices will auto-appear in PMP at General Availab...

Starting March 2026, Microsoft Defender Antivirus with MDE configuration management will stop storing readable exclusion values in the local registry. Organizations must use supported PowerShell cmdlets like Get-MpPreference to retrieve antivirus settings. Registry-based monitoring will no longer...

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Windows is moving toward a more secure authentication model by phasing out

Exchange Web Services (EWS) in Exchange Online will be phased out starting October 1, 2026, with full retirement by April 1, 2027, replaced by Microsoft Graph. Organizations must migrate workflows, configure AppID AllowList to continue EWS use after October 2026, or face permanent EWS access remo...

Starting late March 2026, Microsoft 365 Copilot license requests will include an optional business justification field for users. Admins will see this justification during review to streamline approvals. The feature is on by default, requires no tenant configuration, and does not affect existing ...

Microsoft 365 Copilot will introduce a unified plus (+) menu by late February 2026, consolidating grounding, tools, and sources into one menu for easier access. This change affects Copilot Chat and Microsoft 365 Copilot users, is enabled by default, requires no admin action, and improves workflow...