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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
Microsoft Edge enforces screen capture restrictions for sensitivity-labeled PDFs in OneDrive and SharePoint
What and Why: We are enhancing protection for sensitive documents by enforcing the Do Not Allow Screen Capture permission in the OneDrive and SharePoint web PDF viewer when accessed through Microsoft Edge. This update closes a known gap where browser-rendered PDFs did not enforce this Microsoft Purview Information Protection (MIP) control, aligning the web experience with desktop behavior. This improvement strengthens enterprise data protection and helps ensure sensitive cont
Jun 292 min read
Updates to SharePoint home sites
Introduction Microsoft is updating the SharePoint home site experience and renaming the Viva Connections app in Microsoft Teams to the SharePoint app to simplify setup and provide more flexibility when deploying your main intranet experience in Teams. These changes streamline home site configuration, introduce new capabilities designed specifically for home sites, and expand deployment options in Teams. Additionally, they are introducing new web part enhancements available ex
May 82 min read
Extending AI in SharePoint using custom skills
Introduction Microsoft is introducing custom skills for AI in SharePoint, which let users teach AI in SharePoint how to perform common business tasks in a consistent, repeatable way. With skills, organizations can tailor AI behavior to their own documents, standards, and processes—such as reviewing compliance documents or offer letters—without writing code or using external tools. This update helps reduce manual effort and makes AI results more reliable for everyday SharePoi
Apr 132 min read
OneDrive: Files deleted from the cloud will no longer appear in the local Recycle Bin or Trash
Introduction To improve OneDrive sync performance and make file recovery more predictable, OneDrive will change how cloud-initiated file deletions are handled on local devices. When a file that is locally available on a device is deleted from the cloud, it will no longer appear in the local Recycle Bin on Windows or Trash on macOS. Recovery will instead be available from the OneDrive or SharePoint web recycle bin, depending on where the file was stored. This change improves s
Apr 32 min read
Microsoft Teams: New chat sections for muted and meeting chats
Introduction Microsoft Teams is introducing two new system chat sections called Muted chats and Meeting chats. These sections allow users to organize their chat and channels list by grouping muted conversations and meeting chats into dedicated sections that users can turn on or off. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 559605. When this will happen General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): Rollout begins in early May 2026 and is expected to com
Apr 32 min read
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