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Outlook will allow saving meetings as drafts starting July 2025, showing “[Draft]” in titles. Users can discard and save events as drafts with attendees, available by default on mobile. No admin action is needed; inform users and update training as needed. No compliance issues identified.

Microsoft Outlook for Windows will allow users to add file attachments to emails while offline, sending them automatically when reconnected. Rollout starts mid-August 2025 for Targeted Release and mid-October 2025 for General Availability. Admins can manage this via the OWAMailboxPolicy-OfflineEn...

Starting October 2025, external workbook links to blocked file types will be disabled by default, showing a #BLOCKED error for new links and preventing refresh of existing ones. Administrators can revert this via registry or group policy settings. A rollout and user warnings will occur from Octob...

Outlook's Copilot chat now lets users summarize email threads with one click, available to those with Copilot chat pinned, even without a Copilot license. Rolling out worldwide from August to October 2025, it's enabled by default, manageable via policies, and integrates with compliance and audit ...

Power BI is retiring Cognitive Services and Azure Machine Learning features by September 15, 2025, transitioning AI capabilities to Microsoft Fabric. New model creation stops August 11, 2025; existing models refresh until September 15. No admin action needed; users should prepare by migrating to ...

Organizers and co-organizers can now edit Teams Town Hall event details directly from Outlook via a link to the edit page. This feature, rolling out worldwide in August 2025, improves event management without changing settings or permissions. No action is required, but informing organizers is rec...

Starting on September 3, 2025, the classic Power Platform admin center (PPAC)

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Microsoft Places introduces a new map-based desk booking experience for Teams Premium users, unifying desk reservations across apps with interactive floor maps, colleague seating visibility, partial/multi-day bookings, delegation, and admin check-in controls. Rollout begins mid-August 2025, enhan...

We are announcing the ability to set the timer to wrap up

We are announcing the ability to use Azure Communication Service-based SMS mobile

We are announcing the ability to migrate an environment from one tenant