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Microsoft Teams: Update the Teams mobile app to maintain Calendar functionality
What and why To ensure continued access to Calendar functionality in Microsoft Teams mobile, users must update the Teams mobile app to the latest version. This change helps maintain a reliable calendar experience on iOS and Android devices and ensures compatibility with ongoing Teams service updates. Rollout schedule Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, and DoD: Beginning late October 2026 and expected to complete late October 2026 Impact on your organization Who is affected All users w
Jul 282 min read
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Retirement of role-to-skill mapping files in People Skills
What and Why Beginning on August 22, 2026, we will retire the optional role-to-skill mapping file used in the advanced setup experience for People Skills in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Previously, administrators could upload a mapping file to associate custom skills with specific job roles or titles. People Skills now infers relevant custom skills directly and surfaces skills based on demonstrated user expertise and activity. As a result, role-to-skill mapping files no longer infl
Jul 272 min read
Default visibility of additional profile card properties in Microsoft 365 profile cards
What and Why: To help people discover and understand organizational information more easily, Microsoft is changing the default visibility of 11 existing profile card properties in Microsoft 365 profile cards. Today, these properties can be populated from Microsoft Entra ID and other supported external data sources such as People Graph Connectors and Microsoft 365 Organizational Data, but they are disabled by default and require administrators to manually enable them. You can
Jul 243 min read
Microsoft 365 Copilot: Capture voice notes in the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app
What and why We're introducing Record in the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app. This feature enables users to capture in-person conversations or record voice notes and receive an AI-generated transcript and summary in Copilot Chat after recording ends. Record helps users capture important information wherever work happens and quickly transform spoken content into actionable summaries. Built on Microsoft 365's enterprise-grade security, compliance, and manageability capabilitie
Jul 232 min read
Microsoft Entra ID: Retirement of custom CSS positioning properties in custom branding
What and Why To align with Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative (SFI) and its focus on identity security and phishing resistance, Microsoft is enhancing Microsoft Entra custom branding to support more secure, reliable, and consistent sign in experiences. Beginning in October 2026, Microsoft Entra ID will retire support for custom CSS positioning properties used in custom branding. Full retirement of all custom CSS is planned for a future date, and additional notice will be pr
Jul 213 min read
Teams frontline mobile onboarding guide retirement
What and Why: Microsoft is retiring the Frontline Teams Personal Device Onboarding Wizard, a web-based experience that helped frontline workers configure Microsoft Teams on their personal Android and iOS devices. Users will continue to onboard through existing Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Intune, and Microsoft Authenticator experiences. Existing security controls such as MFA, app protection policies, and Conditional Access remain unchanged. Rollout Schedule:
Jul 172 min read
Microsoft Outlook: Meeting Insight is retiring
What and Why: Microsoft is retiring Meeting Insights, the feature that surfaces relevant emails and files within meeting details. To provide a more intelligent and context-aware meeting preparation experience, users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license can instead use Copilot meeting preparation experiences that summarize relevant content, tasks, and context available to the user. Rollout Schedule: Worldwide, GCC, GCC High: Retirement begins mid-August 2026; expected to compl
Jul 171 min read
Microsoft Teams: AI meeting archive file generation
What and Why Microsoft Teams is introducing AI generated meeting archive files that capture key insights from meetings. These archives help Microsoft 365 Copilot and Facilitator deliver more accurate context aware responses while maintaining strong privacy controls by not storing raw meeting content. This capability supports enterprise ready AI by improving knowledge grounding while keeping data secure and manageable. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 5
Jul 153 min read
Microsoft Forms automated email sender domain is changing
What and Why: Microsoft Forms will update the email address used for automated notifications from maccount@microsoft.com to no-reply@forms.mail.microsoft. This email address is used for Microsoft Forms automated emails, including response receipts, email notifications for new responses, and Forms response monitoring updates. For GCC, GCC High, and DoD environments, admins will now have the option to configure notification emails. These notifications will also use no-reply@for
Jul 142 min read
End of support for OneDrive sync app on Windows 10 22H1 and earlier
Microsoft is ending OneDrive sync app updates on devices running Windows 10 version 22H1 and earlier. Beginning in August 2026, those devices will no longer receive OneDrive sync app feature updates, bug fixes, or security updates. This change aligns OneDrive support with the Windows lifecycle policy and helps Microsoft focus ongoing investments on supported operating systems. The OneDrive sync app will continue to receive feature updates, bug fixes, and security updates thr
Jul 131 min read
Retirement of SharePoint One-Time Passcode (SPO OTP) and transition to Microsoft Entra B2B guest accounts
Introduction Microsoft is retiring SharePoint One‑Time Passcode (SPO OTP) authentication in OneDrive and SharePoint starting July 2026. Beginning in May 2026, new external sharing invitations and authentication will start using Microsoft Entra B2B instead of SPO OTP. This transition simplifies external collaboration, aligns authentication with Microsoft identity standards, and enables consistent guest lifecycle management, governance, and Conditional Access coverage across Mi
Jul 83 min read
SharePoint page template gallery improvements and new templates
Introduction Microsoft is enhancing the SharePoint page template gallery experience to improve how users discover, browse, and use templates when creating pages and news posts, while also introducing 31 new templates. These enhancements streamline entry points, improve navigation consistency, and make it easier for users to find the right template for their content. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 490565. When this will happen Targeted Release): Micr
Jul 82 min read
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