What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? August 2025

Welcome to our eighth roundup of 2025. We look at what was announced, released and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Copilot in August.

Check out the July blog for lots of content still rolling out this month. If you are an Update Insiders member, have a sneak peek at the latest blog, as it is created throughout the month.

Here’s a reminder of what the icons mean and the order in which the updates are grouped:

✅ = Available now
🔜 = Coming soon
🕔 = Coming soon, but delayed
🔭 = Coming later; details and dates will be sketchy
🚫 = A feature we are losing. You’ll see a lot of these this month as Microsoft continue “reducing maintenance overhead”
🗞️ = In the news

Here are this month’s topics:

• Copilot
• OneDrive
• Outlook
• PowerPoint, Word and Excel
• SharePoint
• Teams
• Viva
• Around Microsoft 365

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Copilot

🎬 Are you, or your colleagues, struggling to get the most out of Copilot? On The Inform Team’s webinar You switched on Microsoft 365 Copilot. Now what? I discuss and demo no-prompt, easy ways that Copilot can help you without typing a single prompt. Watch and share here.

✅ GPT-5 is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot chat

GPT-5 (OpenAI’s AI system) is rolling out to Copilot across Microsoft 365. Rollout began on 7^th August 2025. Read more.

🔜 New way to include email in Copilot chat prompts

You will soon be able to include email in your Copilot prompts without manually uploading them. Due mid to late September 2025. Read more.

🔜 Unlicensed users get access to Copilot Create

Copilot Chat users without a license get access to the Copilot Create agent. Due from mid-August 2025. Read more.

🔜 Unified conversations: Streamlined chat history view

Microsoft is introducing a unified chat history experience across Microsoft 365, consolidating all your conversations into a single, streamlined list. This change improves discoverability and continuity by removing the need to switch between web and work contexts. This update replaces the previous toggle-based chat view with a unified conversation list. You will see: A full chat history page that preserves the grounding state from the last visit, a single list of all conversations regardless of context, and the five most recent conversations in the left navigation pane.
References MC1135398 and roadmap ID 498545. Due mid to late August 2025.

🔜 New filtering options in Microsoft Copilot to refine chat history

Copilot is getting a new filtering capability that allows you to refine your view of past conversations. Due late August to early September 2025. Read more.

🔜Build and analyse surveys with Surveys Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot

Surveys is a new Copilot agent in Microsoft 365 that will help you easily build, run, and analyse surveys through chat. Surveys are powered by MS Forms and adhere to existing admin policies for the Forms service. You will be able to install it from the Microsoft 365 Copilot Agent Store under “Built by Microsoft.” Due early to mid-September 2025. Read more.

🔜 The Copilot Researcher agent gets source controls

Microsoft 365 Copilot license holders will be able to access Source Controls for the Researcher agent. Due late August to mid-September 2025. Read more.

🔜 Microsoft Copilot Studio – Inactive agent sessions will now end after 15 minutes of inactivity
Microsoft: “The automatic time-out threshold for inactive agent sessions is being reduced from 36 minutes, down to 15 minutes. This change will enhance service performance and improve analytics by making data from inactive sessions available sooner”.
Reference: MC1134084. From 4th August 2025.

🔜 Communication memory in Copilot – enhanced personalisation across Copilot
Communication Memory will improve how you interact across Microsoft 365 apps. This AI-powered feature will analyse and summarise your digital communications—such as emails, chats, and meeting transcripts—to create a live memory of key highlights. As a result, Copilot will deliver responses that are more personalised and context-aware, helping you work more efficiently across platforms like Outlook, Teams, and others. Unlike existing features that operate within individual apps, you experience a unified view of your communications across channels. Summaries will be generated by large language models (LLMs), and while they may occasionally contain inaccuracies, each memory will include source links for your review and verification. On by default for Copilot-licensed users.
Reference: MC1127234. Due early September to late October 2025. 

🔜 Copilot.cloud.microsoft will be deprecated in favour of m365.cloud.microsoft/chat for chat access
Microsoft: “Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat web access is being simplified by consolidating entry points from copilot.cloud.microsoft to m365.cloud.microsoft/chat, reducing user confusion. The change starts mid-September with automatic redirection, requires no admin action, and does not affect data processing or AI capabilities”.
Reference: MC1129706. Due mid to late September 2025.

🔜 Content Sources in Copilot Chat
Microsoft: “We’re introducing a new capability that allows users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license to scope and control Copilot Chat responses by selecting specific content sources. This enhancement is designed to improve the relevance and accuracy of Copilot responses by limiting them to user-selected sources, aligning with customer feedback for more transparent and customizable AI interactions”.
References: MC1127230 and 365 Roadmap ID 496596. Due mid to late August late September to late October 2025.
Note: screenshots to follow.

🕔 Real-time voice conversation is coming to M365 Copilot
Real-time voice is coming to M365 Copilot Chat and M365 Copilot, offering a great alternative to typing-based interactions. Now due from early September 2025. Read more.

🕔 The Microsoft Copilot chat prompt box is getting a new ‘Tools’ feature
Microsoft is adding a new ‘Tools’ button to Copilot Chat to access task-specific AI capabilities. Due mid to late August 2025. Read more.

🕔 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Search for and select Teams Chats in Context IQ to scope prompts
Microsoft: “With this new feature, users will be able to search for and select Teams Chats in Context IQ (CIQ) to scope their prompts in BizChat.” and “Users will be able to ground their prompts in BizChat to the Teams Chats that they have access to. More details will be published for users here when this feature releases: Using Context IQ to refer to specific files, people, and more in Microsoft 365 Copilot“.
References: MC1060471 and 365 Roadmap ID 429646. Now due mid to late September 2025.

🕔 M365 Copilot gets better file grounding refinement
The Files tab in the M365 Copilot prompt box is gaining ‘Type’ and ‘People’ filters to help you ground your prompt in content that matters to you. Now due late August to mid-September 2025. Read more.

🕔 Microsoft 365 Copilot to generate audio overviews for Word, Teams, OneDrive & more
Copilot in OneDrive, Teams, Word, Outlook and Copilot Notebooks will turn files and meetings into an audio overview, creating a listening experience that’s easy to follow. Due May to September 2025 (Teams and Word dates pushed back). Read more.

🕔 Researcher is being added to Copilot Notebooks
Microsoft: “We’re expanding the capabilities of the Researcher Agent by integrating it into Copilot Notebooks. This enhancement allows users to conduct complex, multi-step research across enterprise data sources—without leaving the Notebook experience—using OpenAI’s deep researcher model with chain-of-thought reasoning”.
References: MC1099685 and 365 Roadmap ID: 493288. Now due late August to late September 2025.

🕔 Access Copilot agents from the Microsoft Edge sidebar

Microsoft: “Users will soon be able to access agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot from the Edge sidebar (on the right side of the screen) while using Copilot”, and “Users must first add agents to Microsoft 365 Copilot for them to be available in the Edge sidebar when using Copilot. (Learn more about adding agents: Introducing agents – Microsoft Support). Users will not be able to create, search for, or add new agents when using Copilot from the Edge sidebar at this time”.
References: MC1073071 and 365 Roadmap ID 482410. Now due late September to early October 2025.

🔭 Initiate Copilot Chat by sharing files to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on iPhone
Microsoft: “When users on iPhone choose the action to share a Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file from a third party app (including Files) and choose Microsoft 365 Copilot as the target app, they will automatically be redirected to a Copilot Chat session in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app with the file summary populated. Users will then have the option to open a preview of the file, or continue their conversation with Copilot Chat”.
Roadmap ID: 500633. Due September 2025.

🔭 Launch the full Microsoft 365 Copilot app when using Copilot Chat in the Microsoft 365 apps
Microsoft: “When using the Copilot Chat side pane in Microsoft 365 apps, users will be able to launch the full Microsoft 365 Copilot app from a dedicated button. Additionally, accessing some features in the side pane will launch the full app”.
Roadmap ID: 500866. Platform: Desktop. Due September 2025.

🔭 Admin control for org-wide agent sharing
Microsoft: “Admins can manage who can create org-wide agent sharing links for agents built in Copilot Studio Agent Builder for improved governance and flexibility of agent sharing”.
Roadmap ID: 500376. Platform: Web. Due September 2025.

🔭 Copilot Chat – Session Persistence Enhancement
Microsoft: “This feature ensures that conversations are preserved even when users navigate away from a session. As soon as a prompt is submitted, an entry is immediately created in the navigation pane’s session history. This allows users to leave the session and return later just as if they had never left. The update enhances continuity and reliability, making it easier to navigate without losing progress”.
Roadmap ID: 500638. Platform: Web. Due September 2025.

🔭 Copilot Chat – Support for emails in ContextIQ
Microsoft: “Users can include an email in their prompt as a reference by typing ‘/’ and selecting one from the ContextIQ menu. Copilot Chat will reference the included email as part of its response. This feature applies to users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license (Copilot Chat users) and to users with a license (Microsoft 365 Copilot users) when they are toggled to web scope in chat”.
Roadmap ID: 500377. Platform: Desktop, Web. Due September 2025.

🔭 Larger file upload support in Copilot Studio agent builder
Microsoft: “Copilot Studio agent builder in Microsoft 365 will support larger file uploads of up to 512 MB”.
Roadmap ID: 500375. Platform: Android, Desktop, iOS, Web. Due September 2025.

🔭 Preview and chat with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on iPhone
Microsoft: “When opening a Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint file in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app on iPhone, users will get a preview experience where they can use Copilot Chat to command and ask questions about the files directly in the preview. This enables immediate access to Copilot Chat in a user’s file”.
Roadmap ID: 500631 & 500159. Platform: iOS. Due September 2025.

🔭 Surveys Agent helps you build, run, and analyze surveys
Microsoft: “Surveys Agent is your expert companion in Microsoft 365 Copilot for building smarter surveys—start to finish. From crafting the survey, launching and collecting data, or analyzing results, Surveys Agent is there to guide you every step of the way. It’s like having a professional survey designer and data analyst at your fingertips—so you can focus on making confident, insight-driven decisions”.
Roadmap ID: 498219. Platform: Desktop, Mac, Web. Due September 2025.

🔭 Copilot Chat Tools Control
Microsoft: “Tools acts as a lightweight entry point into high-value, task-specific Copilot features and capabilities directly from the prompt box. By selecting Tools, users get a menu where they can easily discover and trigger the right Copilot feature or capability for their current task, while also providing consistent interactions across tools”.
Roadmap ID: 497298. Due August 2025.

🔭 Realtime voice is now available in M365 Copilot Chat and M365 Copilot
Microsoft: “Voice in M365 Copilot brings a natural, hands-free conversational experience to your desktop and mobile devices – enabling you to talk to Copilot like a colleague, unlocking a faster, more intuitive way to work. Speak directly to M365 Copilot to search for information, catch up between meetings, brainstorm out loud, and do it all in multiple languages”.
Roadmap ID: 481138. Due August 2025.

🗞️ Hands-On With Copilot 3D — Microsoft’s AI Can Turn a Single Photo Into a 3D Model
Windows Central “I went hands-on with Copilot 3D and the results were surprising — one model turned out shockingly good, another failed completely”. Read more: Exploring Copilot 3D: Microsoft Turns 2D Images into Stunning 3D Models with AI | Windows Central.

🔍 View all Copilot updates.

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OneDrive

 🕔 Updated order of Shortcut and Sync commands

Microsoft: “Users will see the “Add Shortcut to OneDrive” command appear before the “Sync” command in the command bar. This change is designed to encourage use of the shortcut feature while maintaining access to Sync. The command will also adopt a consistent name and icon across Microsoft 365 apps”.
References: MC1117105. Now due late August to mid-September 2025.

🕔 Protect PDFs with Passwords on OneDrive for web and SharePoint

Microsoft: “SharePoint and OneDrive users can now secure their PDF files by adding protection that restricts unauthorized access through OneDrive Web. This feature allows you to set an open password, which is required to access the PDF, or an owner password, which sets permissions for actions such as printing or editing the document. This ensures your files remain secure and only accessible to authorized individuals”.
References: MC1017119 and 365 Roadmap ID 482193. Now due mid-July to mid-August 2025.

🔍 View all OneDrive updates.

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Outlook

🔜 Create and save email templates in the new Outlook for Windows
Microsoft will introduce support for email templates in the new Outlook for Windows and Outlook for the Web, allowing you to create, save, and reuse templates for quicker, more consistent communication. You will be able to import existing templates saved as .oft files, making the transition from classic Outlook smoother. You will create, edit, and use templates directly from the compose window, manage them via the Settings page, and access saved templates across devices and between Outlook platforms. Templates will be stored in your account, ensuring they follow you across devices for a consistent experience.
References: MC1129129 and 365 Roadmap ID: 485757. Due mid-October 2025 to early November 2025.

🔜 External tag in profile cards
Microsoft will soon introduce a visual indicator on the Outlook profile card to help you identify external participants in email conversations. This update will improve clarity and reduce the risk of sharing sensitive information with unintended recipients. Once available, you will see a visual cue on a user’s profile card when communicating with individuals outside your organisation.
Reference: MC1138799 and Roadmap ID 498231. Due mid to late September 2025.

🔜 Outlook for iOS and Android: Send button relocated to reduce accidental sends

To help you avoid accidental message sends, Microsoft will move the Send button in Outlook mobile from the bottom toolbar to the top of the compose view. This change will improve usability and reduce unintended taps, and the feature will be enabled by default on Android and iOS.
References: MC1134176 and 365 Roadmap ID 499900. Due early September 2025 to early March 2026.

🔜 Microsoft Outlook for Android: Updated conversation actions

After the rollout, Microsoft Outlook for Android will relocate conversation actions from the top right corner of the reading pane to a toolbar at the bottom of the screen, where you will be able to customise the order and placement of actions such as Mark Unread, Pin, Delete, and Archive, choosing which remain visible in the toolbar and which stay in the overflow menu, with the toolbar displaying as many actions as space allows.
Reference: MC1068902. Due early July to early September 2025.

🔜 Better Outlook searches with Copilot and Immersive Search

Microsoft is introducing Immersive Search to Outlook, which includes an entry point to the Copilot side pane, presenting an AI-generated summary based on your query. Due early to late September 2025. Read more.

🔜 Outlook & Teams get a smarter scheduling experience with Copilot

Microsoft are updating the Event creation experience with a refreshed user interface and new Copilot capabilities. The updated Event form has a modernised layout with relocated controls and entry points for common actions. Now due mid-November to mid-December 2025. Read more.

🔜 Create and save email templates in the new Outlook for Windows
New Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the Web will support email templates, allowing you to create, save, edit, and reuse templates directly from the compose window. You will manage templates via the Settings page and access them across devices, as they will be stored in your account and roam with you. You will also be able to import existing templates saved as .oft files.
References: MC1129129 and 365 Roadmap ID: 485757.

 🕔 New Outlook for Windows: Add attachments while offline
Microsoft: “Users with offline mode enabled in the new Outlook for Windows will be able to attach files to draft emails while offline. These emails, including attachments, will be sent automatically once the device reconnects to the internet”.
References: MC1125491 and Roadmap ID 496371. Now due mid to late November 2025.

🕔 Outlook Mobile: New unverified sender banner in reading pane
Microsoft will introduce a new visual indicator in the reading pane of Outlook Mobile (iOS and Android) to help you identify messages from unverified senders, aligning with existing functionality in Outlook for desktop and web to ensure a consistent experience across platforms. When you receive an email from a sender Microsoft cannot verify as safe, a banner will appear in the reading pane explaining why the sender is flagged and warning you to be cautious of potential impersonation. This feature will complement existing safety messages such as “External sender”, “Not on safe senders list”, and “You don’t often get email from this sender”.
References: MC1112452 and 365 Roadmap ID 491471. Now due mid-July to mid-September 2025. Read about phishing and suspicious behaviour in Outlook – Microsoft Support.

🕔 Copilot chat to summarise emails for unlicensed users
Microsoft are introducing a new way to summarise email threads in Outlook using Copilot chat, for people with and without a Copilot licence. Now due mid-September to mid-November 2025. Read more.

🕔 Open attachments while offline in the new Outlook

You will soon be able to open and save attachments from your emails without an internet connection in the new Outlook for Windows. This functionality will be limited to file attachments; OneDrive and SharePoint links in the body of emails will still require an internet connection. To use this functionality, you must ensure that Offline mode and offline attachments are enabled.
References: MC1047925 and 365 Roadmap ID 472026. Now due late June to mid-August 2025.

🕔 Replace quick compose pop-up with inline appointment creation in new Outlook for Windows and web
Microsoft: “In new Outlook for Windows and web, when single-clicking on an empty time slot on the calendar surface, the quick compose pop-up will no longer appear. Instead, you will be able to create an appointment by typing directly in the time slot on the calendar grid, just as you can in classic Outlook for Windows. There will be no change to double-click behavior; the full compose form will still open as it does today”. Refs: MC846387 and 365 Roadmap ID 406948. Now due early May to late August 2025.

🔭 Copilot Chat – Search based user RSVP status
Microsoft: “Users will be able to search for meetings based on Self RSVP and Others RSVP status in Copilot Chat. Example prompts for a user looking for their own RSVP status include: “Meetings I have accepted/declined/marked tentative for today” “Did I accept Project OKR review meeting” “List all events I have not RSVPed”. Example prompts for a user looking for other individuals’ RSVP status include: “List RSVP status of attendees for the review meeting” “Who all have accepted the next meeting?” “Will Sarah attend Project review meet?””.
Roadmap ID: 499429. Platform: Android, Desktop, Web. Due September 2025.

🔭 Automatic Draft Minimise
Microsoft: “When users close a draft in progress, it automatically minimizes instead of closing completely. The minimized draft can now be quickly accessed via a button that appears in the message list.RetryClaude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses”.
Roadmap ID: 499901. Platform: Android, iOS. Due September 2025.

🔭 Chat for Outlook iOS and Android
Microsoft: “On phone devices, users currently access Copilot Chat in Outlook Mobile via a tab at the bottom of their screen (or in Apps). Outlook is introducing a new Copilot Chat overlay experience, allowing users to chat with Copilot while continuing to interact with their email, calendar, and contacts. This overlay will be context-aware—understanding what the user is viewing—so users can ask Copilot about the content on their screen. Users with M365 Copilot licenses will also benefit from Copilot’s ability to draw on Microsoft 365 Graph to provide richer, more personalized responses.”.
Roadmap ID: 500160. Platform: Android, iOS. Due September 2025.

🔭 Custom search folders
Microsoft: “Users can create Custom Search Folders in Outlook to automatically surface emails that match specific criteria such as sender, subject keywords, categories, date ranges, among others. Search folders update in real time and give you a focused view of the messages that matter most, without moving them from their original location”.
Roadmap ID: 500392. Platform: Desktop (new), Web. Due November 2025.

🔭 File tab in Ribbon
Microsoft: “The File tab provides new Outlook users with the ability to easily discover account info, settings, PSTs, and more directly from the ribbon”.
Roadmap ID: 500640. Platform: Desktop (new), Web. Due September 2025.

🔭 New Scheduling and Event Creation Experience
Microsoft: “The Outlook and Teams calendars will receive an update to the scheduling and event creation experience. Additionally, new capabilities will be available in this new experience to help streamline and enhance scheduling using Copilot”.
Roadmap ID: 498914. Due September 2025.

🚫 For the admins: Limiting onmicrosoft domain usage for sending emails
“Microsoft will throttle outbound emails sent from default onmicrosoft.com domains starting mid-October 2025, limiting to 100 messages per organization per 24 hours. This encourages use of custom domains”.  Due mid-October 2025. Read more: Limiting Onmicrosoft Domain Usage for Sending Emails | Microsoft Community Hub.

🚫 Retirement of web-based “Share to Teams” experience from Outlook
Microsoft: “We are retiring the standalone Share to Teams experience in Outlook for users who do not have the Teams desktop app installed. This retirement supports our goal of streamlining the sharing experience and reducing maintenance overhead, while ensuring a consistent and modern user experience across Outlook clients”.
Reference: MC1140180. Retirement will be between 22nd September and 3rd October 2025.

🚫 Feature Retirement: Tonal Rewrite in Outlook Web Access (OWA)
Microsoft: “The Tonal Rewrite feature in Outlook Web Access will retire on September 15, 2025. Users will transition to using Copilot in Outlook for advanced, context-aware rewriting and tone adjustments, requiring no admin action. This change enhances writing flexibility and efficiency with AI-powered tools”.
Reference: MC1139486. Retires on 15th September 2025.

🚫 Retirement of inline SVG images in Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft: “Microsoft Outlook will retire support for inline SVG images in Outlook for Web and new Outlook for Windows starting September 2025, showing blank spaces instead. This affects under 0.1% of images, enhances security, and requires no user action…”.
Reference: MC1130385. Due early to mid-September 2025.

🚫 Sentence-Level Rewrite Suggestions Deprecation in Microsoft Word
Microsoft: “The Rewrite Suggestions feature in Microsoft Word will be deprecated after October 1, 2025, and replaced by the more advanced Copilot experience, offering context-aware rewriting, prompt-based editing, and iterative refinement. Users are encouraged to transition to Copilot’s Auto-Rewrite for enhanced writing assistance”.
Reference: MC1129729. Due 1st October 2025.

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PowerPoint, Word and Excel

🔜 Microsoft Copilot in PowerPoint: Reference Loop components when creating presentations
Do you know how to reference a file when using Copilot to create a presentation? This is just that, but you can now reference Loop components:

Microsoft will introduce the ability for you to reference Microsoft Loop components—such as Loops and Pages—when creating presentations using Microsoft 365 Copilot in PowerPoint, allowing you to seamlessly incorporate collaborative content from Loop into your slides to enhance productivity and support content reuse. Once this feature becomes available, you will be able to reference Loop components while creating presentations in PowerPoint across Windows desktop, Mac desktop, and the web, provided you hold a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence.
References: MC1138789 and 365 Roadmap IDs: 500862, 500863, and 500864. Due mid to late September 2025.

🔜 Audio overviews for files

Microsoft: “Users can now listen to podcast-style audio overviews of PDFs, Word documents, and Notebooks—making it easier to consume content on the go. These overviews feature two-host narration and can be customized on the Create experience, including options for length, speaker voices, and more”.
Reference: MC1130396. Due mid to late September 2025.

🔜 Copilot in Word provides a snapshot of recent comments and edits with the new Activity tab

The Copilot-powered Activity tab in Word allows you to filter comments and edits by time. Due by late August 2025. Read more.

🔜 Reference an Excel file when using Copilot to create PowerPoint slides

You will soon be able to reference Excel files when using Copilot to create PowerPoint slides. Due early August to late September 2025. Read more.

🔜 Use Microsoft Copilot in Word to create, edit, and transform content directly from chat
Microsoft: “We’re introducing new capabilities in Microsoft 365 Copilot in Word that enhance how users interact with Copilot to create and refine content. These updates are designed to streamline document creation and editing through a more conversational and iterative experience” and “Users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot license will be able to use Copilot in Word to draft new documents or sections, reorganize content into formats like FAQs, update existing content, or rewrite sections. Users will maintain control on the content as they will be able to review and approve any changes”.
References: MC1129126 and 365 roadmap ID 499428. Due September to October 2025.

🕔 Microsoft 365 Copilot | Reference a PDF file when creating a slide with PowerPoint
Microsoft: “We’re introducing the ability to reference a PDF file when creating a slide using Copilot in PowerPoint. This enhancement enables users to extract and reuse content from cloud-stored PDFs, streamlining slide creation and improving productivity”.
References: MC1130390 and 365 Roadmap IDs 497536, 497540, and 497541. Now due mid-October to late November 2025. Related: Add a slide from a file with Copilot in PowerPoint – Microsoft Support.

🕔 Copilot Researcher is excellent, and it’s coming to Microsoft Word
The Researcher agent (for complex, multi-step research across work and web data) will soon be available in Word. Now due 8th September to 6th October 2025. Read more.

🕔 Reference an Excel file when using Copilot to create PowerPoint slides
You will soon be able to reference Excel files when using Copilot to create PowerPoint slides. Now due late November to mid-December 2025. Read more.

🕔 Microsoft PowerPoint: Use Microsoft 365 Copilot to rephrase text with natural language prompts
Microsoft PowerPoint will introduce a new capability that will enable you to rephrase or rewrite text using natural language instructions via Microsoft 365 Copilot, accessible with a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence, and you will see a new option under the existing Copilot rewrite dropdown menu in textboxes that will include a prompt box for entering natural language instructions to rephrase or replace selected text.
References: MC1099688 and 365 Roadmap ID’s 494831 (desktop), 494832 (mac) and 494833 (web). Now due early July to early October 2025.

🕔 New in Copilot: Turn Teams Meetings into PowerPoint Slides 

Copilot in PowerPoint will soon allow you to reference a Teams meeting to create a presentation. Now due mid to late November 2025. Read more.

🕔 Add topic(s) through Copilot to your existing presentation
Microsoft: “With this update, users can prompt Copilot to generate new content or reference a file to add topic-specific slides. The generated slides will automatically align with the design and formatting of the current presentation, reducing manual effort and ensuring a cohesive experience”.
References: MC1105016/MC1105015/MC1105014 and 365 Roadmap ID 496137/496136/496138. Now due from early September 2025.

🔭 Excel: Formula completion with Copilot in Excel
Microsoft: “This feature leverages AI to autocomplete the user’s formula upon typing the ‘=’ sign. It provides context-based suggestions, streamlining the formula creation process by offering intelligent and relevant completions”.
Roadmap ID: 496370. Platform: Web. Due September 2025.

🔭 Reference a Loop or Page when creating a presentation with Copilot
Microsoft: “You can now reference a Loop or Page when you create a presentation with Copilot within the PowerPoint application.”.
Roadmap ID: 500864, 500863, 500862. Platform: Web, Mac, Desktop. Due September 2025.

🔭 Update Word document sections from new sources (Mac)
Microsoft: “Easily refresh parts of your document using content from other files—without copying and pasting. Copilot keeps your formatting intact while pulling in the latest updates from new sources”.
Roadmap ID: 497939. Due September 2025.

🔭 Enhanced document editing support in Word
Microsoft: “Copilot supports document editing in Word through chat-based interactions. Users can initiate edits, share clarifying directions, and review a summary of changes within the document”.
Roadmap ID: 499428. Due September 2025.

🚫 Microsoft Word: The ‘Transform to Web Page’ feature is retiring
Microsoft will retire the ‘Transform to Web Page’ feature in Word, meaning you will no longer be able to access it and are encouraged to use the Start from a Document flow in Microsoft Sway to continue creating web-based content with a similar experience.
Reference: MC1131776. Due 30th September 2025.

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SharePoint

✅ Ground your M365 Copilot prompts in SharePoint and OneDrive
When writing Copilot prompts in the chat box, you will soon be able to point your prompts (ground) at specific SharePoint/OneDrive folders and SharePoint sites. Available now. Read more.

🔜 New to SharePoint: create page sections with AI

Microsoft is introducing Sections with AI, a new SharePoint authoring experience that enables users to generate page sections using natural language prompts. Now due early September to mid-November 2025. Read more.

🔜 SharePoint introduces a new Workflows experience

SharePoint introduces a new Workflows experience aligned with the new experience in Teams. Due mid-October to mid-November 2025. Read more.

🔜 Additional document processing rule actions for Microsoft SharePoint libraries
Microsoft will expand the capabilities of document processing rules in SharePoint libraries to help you better manage content. New actions—copy file to, move file to, and set content type to—will become available to anyone with edit permissions, enabling more flexible automation based on file metadata. You will be able to create rules if you have edit permissions, and destination libraries must be accessible to you, whether they reside in the same site or a different one. Each library will support up to 15 rules, although destination libraries will not be targetable by multiple copy or move rules.
Reference: MC1137601. Due late August to early September 2025. Read an overview of content processing rules on Microsoft Learn.

🔜 SharePoint gets a new Agent Link web part

Microsoft is introducing the Agent link web part, letting you add a clickable link to launch an AI agent in the sidecar experience—making contextual help easier to access directly from your SharePoint page. Due mid to late August 2025. Read more.

🔜 SharePoint eSignature is now globally available
Microsoft: “Microsoft’s native eSignature service for SharePoint enables users to request simple electronic signatures directly from Word and PDF documents stored in SharePoint. This feature ensures documents remain within Microsoft’s trusted boundaries, enhancing security and compliance. This capability is now expanding to all Microsoft 365 markets, except China, Indonesia, and Türkiye”.
References: MC1127224 and 365 Roadmap ID 497419. Due late August to late September 2025. Read more: Overview of eSignature | Microsoft Learn and SharePoint is getting an excellent new feature: a PDF electronic signature service – Super Simple 365.

🕔 SharePoint is getting header and footer enhancements
Microsoft SharePoint is getting updated site headers and footers. Now due early to mid-September 2025. Read more.

🕔 New SharePoint web part for FAQs, powered by M365 Copilot
A new web part for FAQs will curate FAQ content by working with your grounding information. By selecting one or more grounding source files, Copilot will generate the FAQ content, thereby reducing the time and effort required for creating FAQs. Now due early to late November 2025. Read more.

🕔 Page Analytics in SharePoint is getting some great updates, but there’s a catch
Page Analytics in SharePoint is getting new Page Analytics updates for some users. Now due mid-August to mid-September 2025. Read more.

🕔 A new PDF compression feature is coming to SharePoint and OneDrive
A new PDF compression feature is coming to SharePoint and OneDrive to reduce the file sizes of PDFs. You will be able to choose from three compression levels. Now due late July to early August 2025. Read more.

🕔 Microsoft is retiring the SharePoint Alerts feature 
Microsoft is phasing out the SharePoint Alerts feature in favour of Power Automate. Phased retirement: July 2025 to July 2026. Read more.
Updated 12th August 2025: “Turning off the creation of new SharePoint Alerts has been postponed from September 2025 to January 2026”.

🕔 SharePoint is getting a new Template gallery and 50 new templates
SharePoint is getting a new Template gallery and over 50 out-of-the-box (OOB) page templates. Now due early July to late September 2025. Read more.

🔭 Updated Document Library User Experience
Microsoft: “We’re updating the SharePoint document library experience to more closely align with the user experience in OneDrive – while making it easier than ever before to access the valuable functionality unique to document libraries. When you’re working in a document library, we’ve brought custom views and filters front and center – just like in OneDrive. We’ve also redesigned the command bar to help you take action, faster. All your view customization tools are now grouped under one simplified menu, making it easy to apply conditional formatting or organize items by metadata in seconds”.
Roadmap ID: 500870. Platform: Web. Due November 2025.

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Teams

🔜 Choose to hide inactive channels
Microsoft: “As a follow up to MC804771, based on Admin feedback, we are updating the behavior for automated hiding of inactive channels to be opt-in (suggestions) only. With this update, Teams will offer users suggestions on channels that are inactive, and the user is prompted to review their inactive channels and hide them only if they choose. The user will also be able to view when they last visited the channel to help them decide if they would like to hide the channel. The settings support this opt-in workflow and there are no changes to the on demand hiding process”.
Reference: MC1141958. Due late August 2025.

🔜 Prevent screen capture (Premium feature)
Microsoft: Microsoft Teams Premium introduces a “Prevent screen capture” feature to block screenshots and recordings during meetings, enhancing confidentiality. Enabled by organizers via Meeting Options, it restricts capture differently across platforms, is off by default, and requires manual activation per meeting”.
References: MC1140178 and 365 Roadmap ID 490561. Due mid to late October 2025.

🔜 Copilot without transcription becomes default for meetings – conversation history now persists

Microsoft: “Microsoft Teams Copilot will default to running without transcription for new meetings starting mid-September 2025, with conversation history now persisting during meetings. Transcription must be manually enabled for post-meeting insights. Custom policies remain unchanged, and admins can control settings via Teams meeting policies”.
References: MC1139493 and 365 Roadmap ID 478611. Due mid to late September 2025. Read more about using Copilot without recording a Teams meeting – Microsoft Support.

🔜 Collaborate with Microsoft Loop Pages in Teams Channels
Loop Pages in Teams Channels will allow you to create, edit, and share Pages as tabs directly in Microsoft Teams channels, receive notifications in the Activity feed when mentioned in a Page, and view Pages on mobile.
References: MC1138796 and Roadmap ID 500634. Due early to mid-October 2025.

🔜 Microsoft Teams private channels: bigger limits & new features

Microsoft is enhancing private channels, offering up to 1000 channels per team, 5000 members per channel, enabled meetings, and simplified compliance. Due late September to mid-December 2025. Read more.

🔜 New meeting search in Teams desktop

Microsoft will upgrade Teams desktop search to let you quickly find meetings by title or participant, then join, RSVP, view recaps, or access chats—all from the search bar (1) results. A new “Meeting” pill (2) will focus your search. Due mid to late August 2025. Read more.

🔜 Use Emoji reactions to trigger workflows in Teams

Microsoft will introduce a new way for you to automate tasks in Teams by reacting to messages with emojis using the Workflows app, enabling you to trigger workflows—such as escalating issues with ❗️or routing messages with 👀—through emoji reactions in chats or channels, while also allowing you to use prebuilt templates or create custom workflows with the “When someone reacted to a message in chat” trigger to streamline collaboration, reduce manual follow-ups, and accelerate response times.
References: MC1133511 and 365 Roadmap ID 498578. Due early to mid-August 2025. Related: Microsoft Teams is introducing a redesigned Workflows experience.

🔜 Dedicated download option for tracking all Webinar registrations
Microsoft: “We’re introducing a dedicated download option to help organizations track all registrants of attendees. This enhancement supports better visibility and reporting for events and webinars”.
References: MC1131062 and Roadmap ID 498490. Due early August to mid-September 2025.

🔜 Search with key query language in Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams will offer SQL-style structured search queries (such as from:, in:, and is:) to allow you to filter messages, files, and conversations with greater accuracy. Due early to mid-August 2025. Read more.

🕔 Customise your Microsoft Teams experience with new accent colours
You will soon be able to customise your Teams experience by choosing an accent colour for the Teams shell, and your choice will show up across Teams. This change is cosmetic and does not impact functionality or performance. Now due early to late November 2025. Read more.

🕔 Meeting participants can request collaborative annotation sessions
Microsoft: “After the rollout, meeting participants who are not sharing their screens will have the ability to request an annotation session. This request will be sent to the presenter sharing their screen who can choose to accept or deny it”.
References: MC1019312 and 365 Roadmap ID 89975. Now due in mid-to-late October 2025.

🕔  Video clips recording limit increased from 1 minute to 5 minutes

The Teams Video Clips recording limit in chat and channels is increasing from 1 minute to 5 minutes.
Refs: MC1066938. Now due late May to early September 2025. Read more about video clips in chat and video in a Teams channel.

🕔 Keep your presenters on time with Teams’ new meeting countdown timer
Teams is introducing a meeting timer to help keep your meetings and speakers on track. Now due late September to late October 2025. Read more.

🕔 The files tab in Microsoft Teams channels gets renamed and gains new capabilities
The ‘Files’ tab in Microsoft Teams channels will be renamed ‘Shared’ and will show shared post content and document library files under two tabs. Now due mid to late October 2025. Read more.

🕔 Pop out your core Teams apps into a new window
You will soon be able to ‘pop out’ core Teams apps, such as Chat and Teams, from the app bar into a new window. Now due mid-November to early December 2025. Read more.

🕔 New keyboard shortcut for adding emojis
Microsoft: “We are excited to announce a new feature in Microsoft Teams that allows users to insert emojis in the compose box by typing a word surrounded by colons. For example, 🙂 will turn into a smiling face emoji. Users can soon add any emoji, including custom ones, for faster and easier personal expression”.
References: MC1000269 and 365 Roadmap ID 369345. Now due early to mid-September 2025. 2025. Learn more about sending an emoji, GIF, or sticker in Microsoft Teams (Microsoft Support).

🔭 AI Workflows in Workflows app
Microsoft: “With AI Workflows in the Workflows app, you will have access to custom AI-powered templates to automate complex tasks and streamline daily operations. AI Workflows enhance productivity by simplifying task execution and helping users stay organized throughout the day. Admins can enable this feature to equip users with intelligent automation tools that make managing work more efficient and intuitive”.
Roadmap ID: 500379. Platform: Desktop, Mac. Due September 2025.

🔭 Collaborate using Pages in Channels
Microsoft: “We are bringing Pages to your Teams Channel experience. Create and collaborate using Pages directly in any of your channels”.
Roadmap ID: 500634. Platform: Desktop. Due September 2025.

🔭 Customize captions on Mobile
Microsoft: “Live captions are now available on mobile devices with enhanced customization options, making captions easier to read and follow during meetings. You can personalize your captions by adjusting the font color, caption background color, and caption height. These enhancements ensure captions remain accessible and comfortable, especially under varying lighting conditions or when you’re on the go”.
Roadmap ID: 499620. Platform: Android, iOS. Due September 2025.

🔭 Dynamic video tile resizing based on occupancy count from Teams Rooms on Android
Microsoft: “The room video tile dynamically adjusts size based on the number of people in the room. When one person is in the room, the tile matches the remote participant’s size. With two or more people, the room tile expands to be four times larger. Admins can enable or disable the people count feature”.
Roadmap ID: 500635. Platform: Teams and Surface Devices. Due October 2025.

🔭 Facilitator agent for scheduled and ad-hoc meetings in Teams Rooms on Windows
Microsoft: “Users can now use the Facilitator agent in Teams Rooms on Windows for real-time notes and action items during both scheduled hybrid and impromptu in-person meetings using AI. In hybrid meetings, the agent appears in the notes panel. For in-person meetings, a participant can scan the QR code on the display in the room to invoke the agent as the group’s assistant”.
Roadmap ID: 499891. Platform: Desktop. Due September 2025.

🔭 Immersive events in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft: “Host interactive virtual events with avatars in customizable 3D spaces. Schedule immersive events from your Teams calendar and join events directly in Microsoft Teams on PC or Mac. Organizers can customize an immersive event’s 3D space with images, videos, and 3D models, no coding skills required. Attendees can mingle in the 3D space and engage with different features that provide a rich interactive experience”.
Roadmap ID: 500017. Platform: Desktop, Mac. Due October 2025.

🔭 Live caption translation in Teams Rooms on Android
Microsoft: “Users can now choose the translation language you prefer without affecting what other meeting participants see in Teams Rooms on Android. Currently, live captions display in the spoken language by default, this change allows individuals to select their own experience. This feature is available on Teams Rooms Pro”.
Roadmap ID: 499800. Platform: Teams and Surface Devices. Due October 2025.

🔭 Malicious URL Protection for Teams Chat and Channels
Microsoft: “Microsoft Teams can now detect and warn users on malicious URLs sent in Teams chat and channels, increasing protection against malware attacks”.
Roadmap ID: 499893. Platform: Android, Desktop, iOS, Web. Due September 2025.

🔭 New Organisation chart in the Profile Card for Web and Desktop
Microsoft: “With the new org chart users will not only be able to contextaulize a person, they will also be able to scroll through visited profiles, see a manager’s reports counts, and more”.
Roadmap ID: 500696. Platform: Desktop, Mac. Due September 2025.

🔭 Raise hands in Town Hall
Microsoft: “Currently in a Teams Town hall, attendees cannot raise their hands and share their microphone and camera as they can in a meeting. With this new update, town halls organized by users with Teams Premium will allow attendees to raise their hand like they would in a standard Teams meeting. The ability to raise a hand can signal to organizers and presenters, who can then bring attendees on screen to allow them to share their camera and microphone”.
Roadmap ID: 499889. Platform: Desktop, Mac. Due September 2025.

🔭 Simplified device settings for voice and face recognition on Teams Rooms
Microsoft: “It’s easier for admins to enable the benefits of intelligent audio and video and Copilot for users in Teams Rooms through a new user interface, and admin settings. These new settings, on the device and in the Pro Management portal, simplify configuration and remove the requirement to use PowerShell, offering improved visibility across rooms”.
Roadmap ID: 499615. Platform: Teams and Surface Devices. Due September 2025.

🔭 Support for multiple camera views and IntelliFrame from Teams Rooms on Windows in Teams webinar and structured meetings
Microsoft: “Multiple camera views and IntelliFrame (Multi-stream and cloud) from Teams Rooms on Windows are now available in Teams webinar and structured meetings with “Manage what attendees see” enabled. Organizers and presenters of these meetings can access intelligent camera views and bring them on the live stage for attendees. Available with Teams Rooms Pro”.
Roadmap ID: 499894. Platform: Teams and Surface Devices. Due October 2025.

🔭 Weaponisable File Type Protection for Teams Chat and Channels
Microsoft: “Microsoft Teams now blocks messages containing weaponizable file types, such as executables, in chats and channels, increasing protection against malware and other file-based attacks”.
Roadmap ID: 499892. Platform: Android, Desktop, iOS, Web. Due September 2025.

🔭 Chat Notes
Microsoft: “A new collaborative space is now available directly from your Teams chat, enabling real-time collaboration, organization of key information, and streamlined communications. Chat notes is available in 1:1 and group chat, and is accessible only to the chat members. Add images, format text, share Loop components, and mention chat members when you require their attention”.
Roadmap ID: 498159. Due September 2025.

🔭 Enhanced privacy and stability for live captions
Microsoft: “To improve privacy, when transcription is off, captions will now show only the past five minutes of dialogue instead of the full meeting. If transcription is on, captions display the entire conversation, just like with live transcription. We’re also fixing an issue where changing the caption position could cause data loss—now, moving captions will not affect the text shown. These updates also apply to Real-time Text (RTT), ensuring a consistent and reliable experience”.
Roadmap ID: 499616. Due September 2025.

🚫 CANCELLED: Intelligent Recap in Teams to include supporting screenshots
Microsoft Teams’ intelligent meeting recap will soon include shared-screen content for richer, more visual summaries. Cancelled 13th August 2025. Read more.

🚫 Some Copilot Smart Actions features are retiring soon

Microsoft will retire several smart actions in Teams Chat Copilot. These are Summarise what I missed, What are the open items, and What decisions were made.
Reference: MC1131631. Due late August 2025 to early September 2025.

🚫 Copilot Group Chat coachmark features retiring soon

 Microsoft: “The Add to Group Chat Coachmark, which appears when users are added to a chat with missed content, will be retired”.
Reference: MC1131631. Due late August 2025 to early September 2025.

🚫 The calendar toggle to switch between the new and old experiences is being removed

Microsoft: “Once this update is deployed, users accessing the Calendar app in Microsoft Teams will see the new calendar experience by default. The toggle to switch between the old and new calendar will be removed, and only the new Microsoft 365 calendar will be available”.
Reference: MC1129730. Due mid to late September 2025.

🚫 Cancelled: Microsoft Copilot to analyse content shared onscreen in a Teams meeting
Microsoft: “After further review we have decided not to proceed with this change at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience”. Read more.

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Viva

🔜 Microsoft Viva: AI-generated audio briefings for SharePoint news in Viva Connections

Microsoft will introduce a new feature that enables AI-generated audio briefings for SharePoint news in Viva Connections, offering a hands-free way for you to catch up on top news items using playback controls such as play, pause, skip, and speed adjustment. You will need a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence to access this summarisation capability, which will apply across Teams, Surface Devices, and the Web. This feature will provide a new method for consuming SharePoint news through AI-generated audio summaries of the top 10 news items, played sequentially in the Viva Connections app on Teams desktop and in the browser experience. This hands-free format will support accessibility and productivity, especially if you prefer audio content.
References: MC1143997 and 365 Roadmap ID 497142. Due late August to mid-September 2025. Read more: The News Reader in Viva Connections | Microsoft Learn.

🕔  Microsoft Viva Insights: People Skills insights for analysts
Microsoft: “Coming soon for Microsoft Viva Insights: The Skills landscape report, a new Microsoft Power BI report in the advanced insights app that introduces the skills landscape in your organization, powered by People Skills data. With this report, analysts and leaders can understand People Skills data and its usage in the organization, browse commonly used skills and areas of skills specialization, see how groups of skills are distributed across your groups, and explore the skills hierarchy”.
References: MC1075900 and 365 Roadmap ID 491022. Now due late August to late October 2025. Read more: Skills landscape report | Microsoft Learn.

🔭 Microsoft Viva: Live event using Teams Town hall in Viva Engage
Microsoft: “Community admins can now produce or stream their broadcasts using Teams Town hall, offering higher-quality production and enhanced functionality”.
Roadmap ID: 499896. Due September 2025.

🔭 Microsoft Viva: Storyline & Post Enhancements, Cover Photos, Drafts, AMAs, and More
Microsoft: “Over the course of the next few months, you’ll see a set of updates that make it easier to create, manage, and personalize posts in Viva Engage. These include Storyline cover photos and featured posts to further customize your Storyline page, the ability to draft and schedule posts in advance, support for AMAs, and the ability for a delegate to post-on-behalf-of on Storyline. Whether you’re a communicator, leader, or team member, these features will help you engage your audience with greater clarity and customizations”.
Roadmap ID: 500018. Due September 2025.

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Around Microsoft 365

🔜 Microsoft Edge gets an AI-powered History search

Microsoft Edge is introducing an AI-powered history search to help you find previously visited sites more easily. Due early August to early September 2025. Read more.

🔜 Microsoft Clipchamp is getting a video hub start page update

Microsoft Clipchamp is getting an updated video hub start page. Due late August to late September 2025. Read more.

🕔 Microsoft Loop – User Accessible Recycle Bin for Loop workspaces
Microsoft: “When users delete a Loop workspace, owners will be able to restore it from a recycle bin in Loop”.
Refs: MC929021 and 365 Roadmap ID 421615. Now due early to late March 2026.

🕔 Microsoft Edge gets an AI-powered History search
Microsoft Edge is introducing an AI-powered history search to help you find previously visited sites more easily. Now due late August to late September 2025. Read more.

🕔 Microsoft Edge: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat entry point in Microsoft Edge for Business
You will soon have two new ways to engage with M365 Copilot within Microsoft Edge for Business:

• Context Menu Access. You will be able to right-click on any webpage and select the Copilot option. This will allow you to generate a summary of the open page. The response will appear in the side pane, giving you quick, contextual insights without leaving your current view. Due by late July 2025.
• Find on Page Integration. When you type into the “Find on Page” input box, you will have the option to trigger Copilot. Based on the text you enter, Copilot will generate a relevant response, which will also be displayed in the side pane. Now due mid to late August 2025.

References: MC1108131 and 365 Roadmap IDs: 491473 & 489222.

🔭 Microsoft 365 companion apps – a suite of apps designed to enhance productivity
Microsoft: “Microsoft 365 companions is a suite of apps, including People, File Search, and Calendar, designed to enhance productivity through quick access to key tools directly from the Windows 11 taskbar. These lightweight apps integrate seamlessly with Microsoft 365, allowing users to efficiently look up contacts and navigate organization charts, locate files, view calendars and streamline workflows without distractions”.
Roadmap ID: 486856. Due August 2025.

🔭 eSignature Smart Tagging for Electronically Signed Documents
Microsoft: “Documents that have been electronically signed will now be automatically recognized and tagged as “Signed” upon upload to SharePoint. This enhancement also applies retroactively as existing e-signed files will be updated with the appropriate tags. To give users more visibility and control, we’re introducing two optional metadata columns for document libraries: Electronically Signed – Indicates whether a document has been eSigned. Signature Provider – Displays the service used for the eSignature. This feature is available exclusively to tenants with eSignature enabled, helping streamline compliance tracking and document management”.
Roadmap ID: 500873. Due September 2025.

🔭 Microsoft Edge: Ground Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in Edge for Business in your open OneDrive and SharePoint documents
Microsoft: “Get relevant answers and insights about your open cloud documents in Copilot Chat in Edge”.
Roadmap ID: 499423. Due September 2025.

🔭 Microsoft Edge: Ground Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in Edge for Business in your open YouTube videos
Microsoft: “Get relevant answers and insights about your open YouTube videos in Copilot Chat in Edge”.
Roadmap ID: 499424. Due September 2025.

🚫 OneNote for Windows 10 end of support – becomes read-only on 14th October 2025.
Microsoft: “As part of our ongoing investment in a unified and modern OneNote experience, OneNote for Windows 10 will reach end of support on October 14, 2025. After this date, the app will enter read-only mode. Users will still be able to view their notes, but editing, creating, or syncing content will no longer be supported”.
Reference: MC1139479. Becomes read-only on 14th October 2025. Read more: OneNote for Windows 10 support is ending.

🚫 Microsoft Lens app will retire
Microsoft: “Microsoft Lens mobile app will retire starting September 15, 2025, with new installs disabled by mid-October and removal by mid-November. After December 15, 2025, new scans can’t be created. Users should switch to Microsoft 365 Copilot app for scanning”.
Reference: MC1131064. Due from mid-September to mid-December 2025. Read more: Retirement of Microsoft Lens – Microsoft Support.

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