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

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

Check out the May blog for lots of content still rolling out this month. If you are an Update Insiders member, take a sneak peek at the latest blog, which is updated 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

Here are this month’s topics:

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

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Copilot

🎬 Watch the Copilot highlights on YouTube.

🎬 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.

✅ Scheduled prompts are coming to M365 Copilot
Scheduled prompts for Copilot will enable automated prompts at specific times in Teams, m365.cloud.microsoft/chat and Outlook. Arrived early – late June 2025. Read more.

🔜 Access SharePoint agents in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app

Microsoft: “We’re introducing a new way to seamlessly access your most recently used SharePoint agents directly within the Microsoft 365 Copilot app—no need to navigate back to the SharePoint site. This enhancement helps users stay focused and productive by reducing context switching”. See the above image from Microsoft.
References: MC1099692 and 365 Roadmap ID 482601. Due mid-July 2025.

🔜 Announcing the Microsoft 365 Copilot app for Mac
Microsoft: “We’re excited to announce the Microsoft 365 Copilot app for MacOS—a streamlined way for Mac users to weave AI into their daily flow to move faster, stay focused, and get more done. Launch the Microsoft 365 Copilot app directly from the Dock on Mac devices to get AI-powered enterprise search, memory in chat, content creation tools, agents, and more”.
Reference: MC1098168. Due from late June 2025. Related: Welcome to the Microsoft 365 Copilot app – Microsoft Support (appears identical to the web version, but is accessed through an app).

🔜 Researcher is being added to the M365 Copilot Prompt Box

The Researcher agent will soon also appear as a button in the M365 Copilot Prompt Box across Microsoft 365 apps. Mid-July 2025. 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. Due late June to late July 2025.

🔜 Teams Meetings Copilot response can be shared to external apps (Word or Excel)
Microsoft: “Microsoft 365 Copilot responses in Microsoft Teams meetings can be shared to external apps (Word or Excel). Responses generated by Copilot in Meetings will come with a button to Open in another app. Although this will start with Word and Excel, more apps will be added in the future”.
References: MC1053653 and 365 Roadmap ID 481352. Now due mid-May to late June 2025.

🔜 The Microsoft Copilot Prompts app is being retired

Microsoft is retiring the Prompt app, and you will no longer be able to use it from 15^th July. Read more.

🔜 Microsoft 365 Copilot app for iOS and Android: Agent Store will be available
Microsoft: “We’re expanding the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile experience by introducing the agent store on mobile. After this rollout, users will be able to directly acquire agents from the Agent Store in the Copilot mobile apps for iOS and Android—without needing to be dependent on the web or desktop versions for this acquisition. This update builds on our May 2025 release, which brought previously installed agents to the Copilot apps for iOS and Android”.
Reference: MC1092429. Due late June to mid-July 2025.

🔜 GA for Image Generation in Copilot Chat within M365 apps
Microsoft: “We’re excited to announce that image generation in Microsoft 365 Copilot will become generally available (GA). This AI-powered capability enables users to create high-quality images directly within Microsoft 365 apps, helping to enhance creativity and streamline content creation workflows”.
Reference: MC1087096. Due late June 2025 to late July 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 June to early July 2025.

🕔 Ground your M365 Copilot Chat prompts in third-party data
Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat will soon allow you to ground prompts in third-party data from Microsoft Graph Connectors. Now due early July to early August 2025. Read more.

🕔 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. Now due late July to early August 2025. Read more.

🔭 1-click to create a Briefing page based on content in Copilot Notebook
Microsoft: “The 1-click page generation feature helps you complete tasks quickly. With a single click, Copilot creates a Briefing page based on your notebook content, no prompt writing needed”.
Roadmap ID: 497134. Due July 2025.

🔭 1-click to create a FAQ page based on content in Copilot Notebook
Microsoft: “The 1-click page generation feature helps you complete tasks quickly. With a single click, Copilot creates a FAQ page based on your notebook content, no prompt writing needed”.
Roadmap ID: 497133. Due July 2025.

🔭 Content Sources in Copilot Chat
Microsoft: “Users will able to select content sources on Copilot Chat. When users select content sources the responses generated will be limited to content from the selected sources”.
Roadmap ID: 496596. Due June 2025.

🔭 Use ContextIQ file suggestions in Copilot Chat
Microsoft: “With a Microsoft 365 license, use the ContextIQ ‘/’ to quickly add context to your Copilot Chat prompt from your files”.
Roadmap ID: 497112. Due July 2025.

🚫 Microsoft 365 Copilot: Visual Creator Agent will no longer be pre-installed

Microsoft: “To streamline the content creation experience within Microsoft 365 Copilot and align with tenant-level policies, Microsoft will no longer pre-install Visual Creator (1) agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. Users will continue to be able to generate images directly in Copilot Chat. For broader content creation scenarios, we recommend using the Create (2) experience in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app…”.
Reference: MC1098165. Due mid-July 2025.
Update: from late July 2025 Visual Creator will be retired from Copilot Chat (MC1105000). I am unclear whether it will also be retired from M365 Copilot; MC1098165 does not mention that it will.

📰 In the news: Landmark government trial shows AI could save civil servants nearly 2 weeks a year – GOV.UK
“More than 20,000 civil servants took part in a government-led trial using generative AI to support their daily work – with early results showing time savings equivalent to nearly 2 working weeks per person, per year”. I worked on this project within a UK government department…it’s great to see the positive outcome.

🔍 View all Copilot updates.

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OneDrive

🎬 Watch the OneDrive highlights on YouTube.

🕔 OneDrive will soon get a new ‘Export as PDF’ feature
OneDrive will soon get a new Export as PDF feature for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. Now due mid-July to mid-August 2025. Read more.

🕔 Use the new table of contents pane to navigate PDFs in SharePoint and OneDrive
OneDrive for the web and SharePoint will soon display a table of contents (ToC) in a panel on the left for PDFs that already have a ToC. This will allow you to view the ToC continuously and use it to navigate the document. Now due mid-July to early August 2025. Read more.

🕔 Apply a watermark to PDFs in SharePoint and OneDrive
You will soon be able to add text or image watermarks to PDFs in SharePoint and OneDrive. Now due late June to mid-July 2025. Read more.

🕔 Copilot audio overviews for Word and PDF files in Microsoft OneDrive

Microsoft: “Microsoft 365 Copilot will soon offer AI-generated audio overviews for Word documents, PDF files, and Teams meeting recordings stored in OneDrive”. Now due early May to mid-July 2025. Read more.

🔍 View all OneDrive updates.

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Outlook

🎬 Watch the Outlook highlights on YouTube.

🔜 New Microsoft Outlook for Windows: Drag and drop files between accounts as attachments

Microsoft: “We’re introducing a new drag-and-drop capability in the new Microsoft Outlook for Windows. This feature will users to drag emails and files from one personal or enterprise account and drop them into another personal or enterprise account as attachments—streamlining cross-account workflows and improving productivity”.
References: MC1104315 and 365 Roadmap ID 493289. Due mid-September to mid-October 2025.

🔜 Offline Support for Calendar – Create, Edit and Delete Event support
Microsoft: “We’re expanding offline capabilities in the new Outlook for Windows. Users will soon be able to create, edit, and delete single calendar events even when not connected to the internet. This enhancement improves productivity and flexibility when working offline”.
References: MC1101906 and 365 Roadmap ID: 490059. Due mid-June to mid-July 2025.
Related: Work offline in Outlook – Microsoft.

🔜 Teams meeting option suggestions in classic Microsoft Outlook for Windows

The Microsoft Teams meeting add-in in classic Microsoft Outlook for Windows will soon offer meeting options suggestions. Due mid to late July 2025. Read more.

🔜 Text Prediction turned off by default in Outlook
Microsoft: “Text Prediction will be turned off by default for all users of New Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web, including those who currently have it enabled. On Outlook for iOS and Android, only new users will have the default set to off. After the change, users will no longer see predictive text suggestions while composing email messages unless they manually re-enable the feature in Outlook settings”.
Reference: MC1093235. Due from 1st July 2025.

🔜 Copilot in Outlook mobile to highlight emails that need your attention

Copilot in Microsoft Outlook for iOS/Android to highlight important emails and those needing a reply. Due late June 2025 to late December 2025. Read more.

🕔 Users can set custom account descriptions in new Outlook
Microsoft: “Coming soon to Microsoft Outlook: Outlook users will be able to set custom descriptions for their accounts, making it easier to identify their multiple accounts in the Outlook folder list as well as various lists and menus across Outlook”.
References: MC981635 and 365 Roadmap ID 470602. Now due late March to late July 2025.

🕔 Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: Choose fonts while composing
Microsoft: “Coming soon for Microsoft Outlook for iOS and Android: We will add support for choosing fonts while composing emails. We will also improve support for fonts while reading emails”. Refs: MC847877 and 365 Roadmap ID 409969. Now due mid-November 2024 to late June 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 July 2025.

🔭 Browse Conversation Files (Android and iOS)
Microsoft: “This feature makes it easy for users to find and access all files within a conversation thread. Instead of scrolling through each message to locate attachments, users can quickly view and manage all files in one place, accessed from the top of the conversation”.
Roadmap ID: 496592. Due July 2025.

🔭 Add attachments while offline in the new Outlook for Windows
Microsoft: “We are adding more functionality to offline mode in the new Outlook for Windows. You will now be able to add attachments while drafting your email without an internet connection”.
Roadmap ID: 496371. Due July 2025.

🔭 Folder Deletion Warning for Rules
Microsoft: “Outlook will show warning when you try to delete a folder that’s used in a rule. This helps prevent accidental rule breakage and ensures your email flow remains uninterrupted. You’ll be prompted to review or update affected rules before the folder is removed”.
Roadmap ID: 496143. Due August 2025.

🔭 Rule to display desktop alert
Microsoft: “Create rules that trigger a desktop alert when specific emails arrive. This makes it easier to stay on top of important messages without missing a beat. Look for the new “Display a Desktop Alert” action when setting up or editing your rules”.
Roadmap ID: 496141. Due August 2025.

🔭 Copilot surfaces important emails in new priority view
Microsoft: “Copilot makes it easy to identify high-priority emails and emails that need a reply, by offering a priority view directly within your Outlook inbox”.
Roadmap ID: 495261. Due June 2025.

🔭 Show teammates’ calendars in the left navigation pane
Microsoft: “Users can now see their teammates’ calendars (including peers, direct reports, and managers) automatically displayed in the left navigation pane of the new outlook”.
Roadmap ID: 495468. Due June 2025.

🔭 Catchup on important emails in Copilot Chat
Microsoft: “Copilot Chat helps you stay on top of your inbox by highlighting important and actionable emails such as messages from your manager, leadership, top collaborators, or emails containing tasks when you use prompts like “What’s hot in my inbox?” or “What were the important emails from last week?””.
Roadmap ID: 494515. Due June 2025.

🔭 Continue editing in Outlook from Copilot Chat
Microsoft: “When Copilot detects that you’re trying to write an email like saying “Draft an email to my team thanking them for their hard work on Project” You’ll see an “Edit in Outlook” button. The “Edit in Outlook” button will open a draft in Outlook, with the subject, message, and recipients filled in, so you can review and send it with ease”.
Roadmap ID: 494510. Due July 2025.

🔍 View all Outlook updates.

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PowerPoint, Word and Excel

🔜 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 and 365 Roadmap ID 496136.

The above update from Microsoft is lacking details and visuals, but is still worth noting due to this part of the update: “The generated slides will automatically align with the design and formatting of the current presentation”. I bet a lot of us are looking forward to trying this!

🔜 Microsoft PowerPoint: Use Microsoft 365 Copilot to rephrase text with natural language prompts
Microsoft: “Microsoft PowerPoint is introducing a new capability that enables users to rephrase or rewrite text using natural language instructions via Microsoft 365 Copilot. This enhancement allows for more tailored and expressive content creation directly in PowerPoint” and “After this rollout, users will see a new option under the existing Copilot rewrite dropdown menu in textboxes. This feature introduces a prompt box where users can enter natural language instructions to rephrase or replace selected text”.
References: MC1099688 and 365 Roadmap ID’s 494831 (desktop), 494832 (mac) and 494833 (web).

🕔 Easily stay on-brand with images when creating PowerPoint presentations with Copilot

You will soon be able to create presentations with M365 Copilot in PowerPoint using your organisation’s brand images. Now due early June to early July 2025. Read more.

🕔 PowerPoint: Copilot generates a new presentation in a new file when starting from an existing presentation
Microsoft: “After this rollout in Microsoft PowerPoint, when using Copilot to create a presentation from an existing one, the original presentation remains unchanged. Copilot generates the new presentation in a separate file, preserving the integrity of the content in the original file”.
References: MC1060857 and 365 Roadmap IDs 489450 (Desktop), 489451 (Mac), 489452 (Web). Now due mid to late June 2025.

🕔 Copilot in PowerPoint will soon be able to reference Excel files

Copilot in PowerPoint users will soon be able to create presentations based on Excel files. Now due late June to late July 2025. Read more.

🕔 M365 Copilot will automatically summarise Word documents as you open them
Copilot for Microsoft 365 in Microsoft Word will create a summary in the window at the top of the Word document as you open it. You can then hide the summary or open the Copilot chat pane to ask questions about the document. Now due late August 2024 to late June 2025. Read more.

🕔 Microsoft PowerPoint: Reference a PDF file when creating a presentation with Microsoft 365 Copilot 
You will be able to reference PDF files, in addition to Microsoft Word files, when creating a presentation in PowerPoint Copilot. This feature will be available on PowerPoint for Windows desktop, PowerPoint for Mac desktop, and PowerPoint on the web. After this rollout, you will see PDF files when searching for files that Copilot can use to create a presentation. Select the Copilot icon from the PowerPoint ribbon, choose “Create a presentation from file,” and search for PDFs by file name.
Reference: MC1047238. Now due early to late June 2025. Related: Create a new presentation with Copilot in PowerPoint – Microsoft Support.

🕔 PowerPoint for Windows: Create a presentation with Microsoft Copilot from the PowerPoint Backstage view

You will soon be able to create PowerPoint presentations directly with Copilot from the PowerPoint Backstage view, which appears when you launch PowerPoint or select the File tab. A new “Create with Copilot” feature will be added to the top of this view, allowing you to generate presentations quickly using Copilot.
References: MC1070846 and 365 Roadmap ID 491469. Now due early: late June to early July 2025. Related: Start Backstage with the File tab – Microsoft.

🔭 Use Copilot to rephrase text as desired through custom prompt in PowerPoint
Microsoft: “Now you will be able to rewrite text using Copilot through natural language prompting in PowerPoint”.
Roadmap ID: 494832 and 494831. Due July 2025.

🔭 See a summary from Copilot of the latest changes and comments in the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint backstage view.
Microsoft: “Use Copilot in the backstage view, accessible from the tile tab or start menu, to see a summary of the latest changes and comments made to your Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files before opening them”.
Roadmap ID: 489826. Due June 2025.

🔭 Add topic(s) through Copilot to your existing presentation
Microsoft: “Now, you will be able to add more content to your existing presentation using Copilot. It would help you generate/add new topic(s) with slides that are consistent in look and feel of your existing presentations”.
Roadmap ID: 496137, 496136, 496138. Due July 2025.

🔍 View all PowerPoint, Word or Excel updates.

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SharePoint

🎬 Watch the SharePoint highlights on YouTube.

🔜 SharePoint is getting header and footer enhancements

Microsoft SharePoint is getting updated site headers and footers. Due mid to late August 2025. Read more.

🔜 Estimated read time for News posts

Microsoft: “After this rollout, SharePoint News posts will display an estimated read time. This will appear in the banner web part of each news item”, and “Authors can toggle it on or off in the settings panel of the banner web part”.
References: MC1088170 and 365 Roadmap ID 491024. Due mid to late June 2025.

🕔 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 mid-July 2025. Read more.

🕔 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. Now due late June to early July 2025. Read more.

🔭 Support for click through rate metric in page analytics
Microsoft: “This release will enhance SharePoint page analytics by adding click through rate metric. A new card will show the percentage of unique viewers who clicked on a link from the news post, providing insights into user engagement with the post”.
Roadmap ID: 496374. Due July 2025.

🔍 View all SharePoint updates.

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Teams

🎬 Watch the Teams highlights on YouTube.

✅ Add a name pronunciation to your profile card in Teams and Outlook
Microsoft Teams and Outlook will soon include a feature that enables you to record and share the pronunciation of your name on your profile cards. Available now, if enabled by your organisation. Read more.

🔜 Usability and privacy improvements for live captions and transcripts in meetings

Live captions will be scrollable. Copying live caption text is now disabled by default.
Live transcripts will no longer open automatically for the user who starts recording. Users who attempt to open the Live transcript panel will see a banner suggesting they switch to live captions instead, which is often more appropriate. Due mid to late July 2025.
References: MC1104311 and 365 Roadmap ID 495454.
Related: Use live captions in Microsoft Teams meetings – Microsoft.

🔜 Save chats and channel messages for later

Microsoft Teams will soon allow you to save a message (post, reply, or chat) and access it later from the Saved view in your Chat or Teams list. Due late August to early September 2025. Read more.

🔜 New file attachment feature in external 1:1 and group chats

Microsoft: “Before this rollout, users had no option to attach file to compose box in chats with external users. The workaround was to copy and paste the link to a file into the chat compose box” and “After this rollout, when enabled by admins, users will see an Attach file option in the + menu of the chat compose box when messaging external users. This allows them to include files in their messages, enhancing collaboration with external partners”.
See the above image, 1 = attach a file. 2 = Files shared by an external user tagged ‘External’.
References: MC1102790 and 365 Roadmap ID 492625. Due mid to late July 2025

🔜 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. Due early to late July 2025. Read more.

🔜 Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat (free version): Now Easily Accessible from the Teams Chat List

Microsoft: “We’re introducing a new entry point for Copilot Chat in Microsoft Teams to simplify navigation and enhance the user experience. This update applies only to users who do not have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license” and “If Global Admins have pinned Copilot Chat using the Pin Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat setting in the Microsoft 365 admin center, users currently see Copilot Chat pinned to the Teams app bar. Starting June 30, a new “Copilot” shortcut will appear at the top of the Teams chat list (just above “Discover”) for users without a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. This provides a more intuitive way to access Copilot Chat in the context of conversations”.
Reference: MC1098161. Due 30th June to 7th July 2025.

🔜 Add custom dictionaries for Microsoft Teams meeting transcripts

Admins will soon be able to upload custom dictionaries for Microsoft Teams meeting transcripts, enhancing transcript accuracy for tenant-specific terms. Due early to mid-July 2025. Read more.

🔜 Inclusive meeting enhancements for sign language users
Microsoft: “Microsoft Teams is introducing Sign Language Mode to enhance meeting experiences for Deaf and hard-of-hearing participants. This feature will identify and visually distinguish interpreters, elevate sign language users to active speaker status, and ensure equal prominence with audio participants”.
References: MC1088725 and 365 Roadmap ID 494843.

🔜 Threaded conversations are coming to Microsoft Teams channels

Microsoft Teams is introducing a new threaded conversation layout for channels, similar to those found in group chats. Due mid to late August 2025. Read more.

🔜 Add interactive agents to Teams meetings and calls

You will be able to discover and acquire new agents (and view installed ones) from the existing apps pane in meetings, and interact with those agents within the context of the meeting. Due mid to late June 2025. Read more.

🔜 Automatically set work location by connecting to a Wi-Fi network
Microsoft: “Coming soon to Microsoft Teams: When users connect to their organization’s Wi-Fi, Teams can automatically set their work location to reflect the building they are working in. This feature is opt-in and requires you to take action to configure it”.
References: MC1081568 and 365 Roadmap ID 488800. Now due early to mid-July 2025.
This update is beneficial for end-users to be aware of, but it’s primarily for administrators due to the configuration required to set it up.

🔜 Ability to Stop Copilot while it is generating a response in Teams
Microsoft: “Copilot in Teams will now have a ‘stop’ button after sending a prompt. This will allow the user to stop Copilot’s response either before the response has started to generate, or even after the response is generating. The user may then start a new prompt if they wish”.
References: MC1045222 and 365 Roadmap ID 325948. Now due mid-May to late June 2025.

🕔 Meeting Audio Overview will create a summary of multiple Teams meetings
Microsoft is introducing a new feature called Meeting Audio Overview, which summarises key topics from multiple meetings into audio summaries. Now due late August to September 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 mid to late August 2025.

🕔 Third-party chat and meeting keyboard shortcut support
Microsoft: “Users familiar with keyboard shortcuts from third-party chat and meeting applications can use those same shortcuts in Microsoft Teams. To enable this, go to the Settings and more button in the upper right, access the keyboard shortcuts dialog, and select a communication or meeting layout. This allows users to apply the shortcuts they are used to from other applications”.
References: MC992216 and 365 Roadmap ID 472913. Due mid to late June 2025.

🕔 Customise the location of notifications in Teams for the web
Microsoft: “Microsoft Teams will soon allow users to personalize the placement of notifications on their screens. Users will be able to choose from four options (bottom right, top right, bottom left, or top left) to make notifications more convenient and less disruptive, enhancing both focus and productivity. This message applies to Teams for the web”.
References: MC1013461 and 365 Roadmap ID 480720. Now due mid-April to late June 2025. Already available on desktop: Customise the screen location of Microsoft Teams notifications.

🕔 There’s a new way to create channels in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams now offers an additional way to create team channels. Now due mid-May to late June 2025. Read more.

🕔 Back after a few months on hold: Microsoft Teams meetings get pop-out Chat, Copilot, and Notes panes
Microsoft Teams will soon allow you to pop out Notes, Chat, and Copilot panes during meetings. Now due late June to early July 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 late August to mid-September 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-September to early October 2025. Read more.

🕔 Teams is getting a Network Strength Indicator

Microsoft: “This feature will display your current network quality using a simple 3-bar system: Good (3 bars), Poor (2 bars), and Bad (1 bar). When your connection is limited, we’ll suggest actions to help conserve bandwidth and maintain meeting performance. You’ll also be able to see when other participants are experiencing poor or bad network conditions, providing better context for disruptions in the meeting”.
References: MC1077865 and 365 Roadmap ID 414513. Now due early to mid-September 2025.

🕔 Microsoft Teams users can report security concerns about external collaborators
Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to report security risks and concerns regarding external users in one-on-one chats, group chats, and meeting chats. Now due mid to late July 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 late June to early July 2025.

🕔 Town halls: Preview changes before making them visible to attendees with “Manage what attendees see”
Microsoft: “Coming soon for Microsoft Teams: A new Manage what attendees see feature will help organizers and presenters deliver polished town hall events by simplifying the attendee view and keeping the focus on participants brought on screen. The new feature allows assigned organizers and presenters to preview changes before applying them all at once”.
References: MC1058259 and 365 Roadmap ID 487431. Now due late June to late July 2025. Related: Manage what attendees see in Microsoft Teams – Microsoft Support.

🕔 Town hall organisers, co-organisers, and presenters: preview event as an attendee
Organisers, co-organisers, and presenters in Microsoft Teams town halls will soon be able to join and view the event as an attendee. Now due late June to late July 2025. Read more.

🔭 Compact Notification Size
Microsoft: “Users will now have the ability to change the size of Teams notifications. The compact size takes up less space on the user’s screen and offers a clean, minimalist design”.
Roadmap ID: 496175. Due July 2025.

🔭 Noise Suppression for Dial-In Participants in Teams Audio Conferences
Microsoft: “Microsoft Teams will soon support noise suppression for dial-in participants. This feature automatically filters out background noise (e.g., traffic, typing) for users who join meetings via phone (PSTN). It enhances clarity and reduces distractions for all meeting participants. The feature will be rolled out gradually”.
Roadmap ID: 496150. Due September 2025.

🔭 New Workflows app experience in Teams and SharePoint
Microsoft: “The new Workflows app is to provide an experience that is both simpler and faster to enable everyday Teams and SharePoint users to create automations in three steps or less”.
Roadmap ID: 491632. Due August 2025.

🔭 Slash commands for apps
Microsoft: “You can now interact with your favorite apps directly from Teams chat and channels compose box using slash commands. Type / and start interacting with Apps and Agents, invoke workflows and more”.
Roadmap ID: 495002. Due July 2025.

🚫 Microsoft Teams: Speaker Coach (Preview) will retire
Microsoft: “We will be retiring the Speaker Coach feature in Microsoft Teams, which was previously available as a Preview. After evaluating feedback and usage during the Preview phase, we have decided not to move this feature to general availability”.
Reference: MC1101903. Mid to late August 2025.

🔍 View all Teams updates.

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Around Microsoft 365

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🔜 Microsoft Edge: The primary work profile will open external links by default
Microsoft: “We’re updating how Microsoft Edge handles external links for enterprise users. Before this rollout, Edge opens external links using the last used profile. After this rollout, for users signed in with Microsoft Entra ID, Edge will default to the Primary work profile to open links. The Primary profile is typically the most secure and appropriate profile for work-related content. This change will be on by default”.
References: MC1104313 and 365 Roadmap ID 494835. Due late June to mid-July 2025.

🔜 Copilot Chat is coming to M365 apps for users without a Copilot licence

Copilot Chat will soon be available as a side-by-side experience in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote for users without a Copilot licence. Due late June to August. Read more.

🔜 Microsoft Stream and Microsoft Clipchamp: Brand unification update for Microsoft 365 video
Microsoft: “Since the November 2024 announcement, we have been working on the video experience across Microsoft 365 by unifying Microsoft Stream and Microsoft Clipchamp into a single, seamless destination for video creation, consumption, and discovery under Clipchamp brand. Our goal is to simplify navigation and naming without disrupting your workflows”.
References: MC1088176 and 365 Roadmap ID 468289. Due mid-December 2024 to late June 2025.

🕔 Copilot in Forms will help you collect responses and monitor form progress
You will soon be able to tell Copilot your goals and deadline, and it will track the form’s progress and keep you updated. Now due late April to late June 2025. Read more.

🕔 Your Microsoft Teams ‘File open preferences’ will soon extend to more Microsoft 365 apps
Your Teams File open preferences will soon apply to files opened in classic Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Now due mid to late June 2025. Read more.

🔭 Microsoft Edge: Open external links in another profile when recommended by external applications
Microsoft: “When Microsoft Edge is set as the default browser to open external links from applications, Microsoft Edge must determine which profile to open the links. Users can control which profile to use through the “Default profile for external link setting. Applications such as Microsoft Teams or Outlook can also recommend a profile for the links. Currently, the user setting is prioritized over application recommendations. With this feature, the application recommended profile is given priority, instead of the profile selected in the setting”.
Roadmap ID: 497138. Due August 2025.

🔭 Access Copilot Chat in your Microsoft 365 apps
Microsoft: “Easily access Copilot Chat from the side pane in your Microsoft 365 apps with a commercial Microsoft 365 license or a Microsoft 365 Copilot license.”.
Roadmap ID: 494830. Due July 2025.

🔭 Microsoft Edge: Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat access to page content will soon extend to work across multiple open tabs
Microsoft: “Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat in Edge will soon be able to answer contextual questions about a user’s open window. This extends the existing capability which can only access the open page. All existing user settings and policies and DLP considerations will continue to be respected”.
Roadmap ID: 496364. Due August 2025.

🔭 Microsoft Edge: A Refreshed Profile Flyout Experience for Better Clarity and Actionability
Microsoft: “We’re updating the Microsoft Edge profile flyout to deliver a cleaner, more intuitive experience. The refreshed design makes it easier to distinguish between work and personal profiles, manage credentials, and quickly access key settings, all within a polished interface that supports modern browsing needs. With streamlined sign-in, clearer profile types, and organization branding preserved, this update enables a more efficient and trustworthy experience for customers”.
Roadmap ID: 495833. Due July 2025.

🔭 Microsoft Edge: AI-powered History search
Microsoft: “Enhanced search finds sites in your History even when you use a synonym, phrase, or typo. After this feature is turned on, sites you visit will be shown in enhanced history search results. An on-device model is trained using your data, which never leaves your device and is never sent to Microsoft. Admins can use the EdgeHistoryAISearchEnabled policy to disable this feature”.
Roadmap ID: 495834. Due August 2025.

🚫 Microsoft Lists: Mobile apps for iOS and Android will retire
Microsoft: “We will retire the Android and iOS mobile apps for Microsoft Lists. We recommend users switch to the Microsoft Lists mobile browser experience, which offers more functionality and continues to be updated with latest improvements”.
Reference: MC1087635. An information banner will be displayed in the app starting from June; you will no longer be able to install it from September, and the app will cease to function in November 2025.

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