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Microsoft Defender for Office 365 will tag promotional emails as "promotions" and can auto-move them to a Promotions folder, learning from user actions to improve sorting. Rollout begins mid-April 2026 (preview) and July 2026 (general availability) worldwide, affecting all tenants with configurab...

Microsoft Entra updates Passkeys (FIDO2) support in Authentication Methods Registration Campaigns, delaying Enabled state availability and introducing Passkeys in Microsoft-managed state for eligible tenants starting mid-May 2026. Eligible tenants will see automatic campaign setting changes; no i...

Starting April 20, 2026, Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will support using prepaid Copilot Credits without Pay-As-You-Go billing. Administrators can create Copilot Credit Policies to allocate credits by department or group, managing usage from a shared prepaid pool with no automatic policy changes or...

The Queues app on Microsoft Teams mobile (iOS and Android) will allow calling representatives and supervisors to manage call queues, view queue details, and call history on the go. Rolling out worldwide from mid- to late May 2026, it is enabled by default for licensed Teams Phone and Teams Premiu...

Next month, Windows Autopatch will become more broadly available in Government Community

Support for Office LTSC 2021 and related apps ends October 13, 2026, with no further updates or support. Organizations should upgrade to Microsoft 365 Apps or Office LTSC 2024 to maintain security, compliance, and performance, avoiding risks from using unsupported software.

Starting immediately, an email address is required when you create an application

We are announcing that a new tenant‑level Copilot setting to manage

Engage Events will add Broadcast for large-scale events, Meetings-based Events, moderated feeds, and anonymous posting on web and mobile. A new Events Landing Page will unify event engagement before, during, and after events. Rollout begins late April 2026, enabled by default for all Engage custo...

Microsoft will retire Microsoft Defender for Endpoint mobile app versions released before February 2026 on iOS and Android starting May 10, 2026. Older versions will lose cloud connectivity and updates. Administrators must ensure devices update to supported versions to maintain protection and avo...

The Outlook Lite app for Android will be fully retired on May 25, 2026, disabling mailbox access but allowing app launch. Users should switch to Microsoft Outlook Mobile, which supports all mailbox features and compliance capabilities. No admin action is required, but users should be notified to ...

We are announcing Admin Agent in Dynamics 365 Contact Center. This feature