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Microsoft is adding M365 Copilot Chat adoption metrics to the Microsoft Copilot dashboard in Viva Insights, showing usage trends and engagement of unlicensed users. Available from late September 2025, it includes admin controls for disabling the feature or excluding users, enhancing reporting and...

The Site permissions report for the entire organization is now accessible in the SharePoint Admin Center under Reports > Data Access Governance, eliminating the need for PowerShell. This feature, rolling out in August 2025, helps admins monitor site permission exposure and supports Microsoft Copi...

Microsoft 365 Copilot's Researcher Agent now lets users customize report length and output formats, including Word export. Rolling out worldwide in September 2025, these features are enabled by default, require no admin action, and offer control via Entra ID group membership.

Microsoft Viva Engage will roll out smarter Community Announcement notifications in September 2025, delivering alerts via the user's most engaged channel (Teams, Mobile Push, or Email) to reduce notification fatigue. Secondary notifications follow if unopened. This uses recent user behavior data ...

We are announcing an embedded experience for Copilot summaries in Dynamics 365

We are announcing the ability to view cross-company transactional data using accounting

We are announcing Service Principle Name (SPN) filtering for application users in

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Microsoft is retiring the Team Guidance feature in Microsoft Places by November 3, 2025, to streamline collaboration and promote Microsoft 365 Groups. The retirement includes phased read-only and removal stages. Organizations should inform users, transition to Microsoft 365 Groups, and update tra...

A new Copilot Search usage report will be available in the Microsoft 365 admin center by early September 2025, showing user activity and search metrics. It is enabled by default, requires no setup, and helps organizations monitor Copilot Search adoption and usage trends.

Microsoft Defender Core service will be introduced for Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016 to improve Defender Antivirus stability and performance. Public preview starts August 28, 2025; general availability by early October 2025. It installs by default with platform update 4.18.25060.7-0 and require...

The Microsoft Intune In Development page for September 2025 has been updated with upcoming features. Organizations should review the changes to prepare IT staff and update user guidance accordingly, as these features will appear in the next month or later releases.