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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...

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A new Windows Autopatch report empowers your organization to prioritize update deployment,

Microsoft 365 Copilot now defaults to GPT-5 with a mode selector offering Auto, Quick response, and Think deeper options. The rollout begins December 3, 2025, affecting all users with no admin changes needed. User mode choices persist across chats and the feature is enabled by default.

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The Insert Data from Image feature in Excel for Windows Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel will retire in July 2026 with Version 2602. It remains until September 2026 in Version 2508. An enhanced version with Copilot chat is being developed for other channels.

Microsoft Entra ID will enhance authentication security by enforcing a Content Security Policy that blocks external script injection, allowing only trusted Microsoft scripts. This rollout begins mid-October 2026, affecting browser-based sign-ins on login.microsoftonline.com, with no impact on Ent...

A new voice and face enrollment dashboard in Teams Admin Center will provide admins visibility into AI-related user data and allow deletion of enrollment data. Rolling out January 2026, it enhances data management without changing default enrollment or policies. No action is needed to enable it.

Three new admin features for managing People Skills in Microsoft 365 include turning off user experiences, configuring settings via the Admin Center without PowerShell, and importing custom skills libraries from local devices. These enhance privacy, deployment flexibility, and ease of management,...

Microsoft Teams will add message previews to channel, mention, and reaction notifications on Windows, Mac, and web starting mid-December 2025. Users can disable previews via notification settings. No admin action or policy changes are needed; the feature activates with client updates.

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat Adoption Metrics will roll out by January 2026 to tenants with at least one Copilot license, enabling default analytics in the Copilot Dashboard. It provides insights on usage trends, adoption by group, retention, app-level breakdowns, and filtering, with admin controls...