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Microsoft is rolling out the no-cost Microsoft Entra ID Free subscription to track Entra tenant ownership via billing accounts. It will appear in Microsoft 365 and Azure portals starting October, requires no action, does not affect billing or functionality, and helps manage tenant ownership secur...

Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat is being integrated side-by-side in Teams Chats, Channels, Calling, and Meetings for licensed users on desktop and web. Public preview starts October for chats and calls, December for meetings, with general availability following. Prior Copilot history remains accessibl...

Power BI's legacy "Visualize the List" and "Visualize the Library" features in SharePoint Online will retire between mid-November and mid-December 2025. Users can no longer create or access reports via these features, but Export to Power BI and Power BI Desktop connections remain supported. No ad...

Windows 365 will undergo planned maintenance from September 29 to October 3, 2025, during regional non-peak hours. No downtime is expected, but users on UDP relay may face brief reconnections lasting under a minute, occurring 1-2 times within a 4-hour window. No user action is needed.

Windows 365 updates its service language to clarify seamless, non-disruptive Cloud PC management operations like automatic hibernation and resumption. No user or admin action is needed. Monitoring tools may show temporary offline status during hibernation, which is normal. Use Intune admin center...

Maintenance window start: September 20, 2025, at 6:00 PM UTC Maintenance

The Facilitator agent, now generally available for Microsoft 365 Copilot-licensed users, enhances Teams meetings by surfacing agendas, tracking progress, capturing highlights, and integrating with Planner, Word, Loop, and Teams Rooms. Users can enable it before or during meetings; no admin action...

Microsoft 365 admin center will introduce prepaid Capacity Packs for Copilot Chat, offering 25,000 messages/month to manage costs before pay-as-you-go charges. Rollout starts late September 2025. Features include usage monitoring, departmental allocation, automatic PAYG fallback, and no required ...

Microsoft 365 Copilot is integrated into Windows File Explorer and OneDrive Activity Center, allowing users to summarize documents, generate FAQs, compare files, and ask questions about OneDrive files. The feature rolls out globally by mid-September 2025, is on by default, and requires no admin s...

Microsoft Teams on iPad now lets users select external audio and video devices from the pre-join screen and during meetings. This feature, enabled by default since September 2025, improves meeting flexibility without needing iPad settings changes. No admin action is required.

Microsoft 365 will deprecate legacy TLS cipher suites lacking forward secrecy on October 20, 2025, supporting only specified TLS 1.3 and 1.2 cipher suites. Organizations must update systems and configurations to maintain connectivity and security compliance.

The Skills agent, now in Microsoft 365 Copilot's Frontier program, helps identify and develop skills, building skill-based teams across Teams, Surface, and Web. Powered by People Skills, it requires a Copilot license and admin deployment via the Copilot Control center. Rollout begins September 2025.