Microsoft 365 Message Center

New Microsoft 365 admin center metrics track Copilot Chat usage intensity and app-specific engagement for users without Copilot licenses across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. Available worldwide from mid-August 2025, these daily-updated metrics enhance adoption reporting and impact existin...

Microsoft is rolling out an enhanced Teams town hall experience in Viva Engage for live events starting September 2025. Community admins can choose between the new Teams town hall and legacy live events, offering higher-quality, large-scale event broadcasting with no required admin configuration.

Manager insights in the Viva Insights web app will centralize manager tools, including a team-scoped Copilot Dashboard, additional reports, delegation, and analyst-published reports. This replaces the Viva Insights Teams app manager features, rolling out worldwide from mid to late September 2025 ...

Viva Engage Storyline enhancements launching late September to October 2025 include cover photos, featured posts, post drafting and scheduling, AMA sessions, and delegate posting. These default-on features improve personalization, planning, interaction, and communication engagement without requir...

Microsoft 365 Copilot's Create module now offers generative AI image and visual content creation to all Copilot Chat users without a license, with standard access and existing admin controls applying. Video, survey, and brand kit features remain restricted. Rollout began mid-August for desktop, w...

Windows 365 Enterprise now requires a Microsoft 365 Unattended License for running unattended robotic process automation (RPA) or bot scenarios on Cloud PCs. Each bot instance must have this license, in addition to existing Windows 11/10 Enterprise, Intune, and Entra ID P1 user licenses.

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Starting September 15, 2025, Teams Admin Center will retire Reporting Labels, replacing it with a unified upload page for managing building and endpoint data for Call Analytics and Call Quality Dashboard. This simplifies data handling, with rollout from early to mid-September 2025 worldwide and GCC.

Microsoft 365 will introduce a unified chat history by August 2025, consolidating all conversations into a single list for improved continuity and ease of use. This default feature requires no admin action but may need user support and documentation updates. No compliance issues identified.

Microsoft Teams will introduce automatic noise suppression for PSTN dial-in participants starting September 2025, improving audio clarity by reducing background noise. The feature is enabled by default, requires no admin action for rollout, but admins can enable it early via policy or PowerShell....