Welcome to our third roundup of 2026. We review what was announced, released, and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Copilot in March.
Check out the February 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 – new updates from the Admin Centre
🕔 = Delayed
🔭 = Coming later – new updates from the M365 Roadmap
🚫 = A feature we are losing
🗞️ = In the news
🎓 = Knowledge
Here are this month’s topics:
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Copilot
🔜 Create Excel spreadsheets from Copilot notebooks
Create Excel spreadsheets directly from the content and references in a Copilot notebook. Due late May 2026. Read more.
🔜 New tools for Designer in Copilot
Microsoft is adding a new set of tools to Designer in Copilot. Due mid-February to early April 2026. Read more.
🕔 New M365 Copilot Researcher output formats
Microsoft is adding new output formats to the Researcher agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot: PowerPoint, PDF, Infographic, and Audio overview. Now due mid to late April 2026. Read more.
🕔 Add web links as references in Copilot Notebooks
Microsoft is adding the ability to add public web links as references in Copilot Notebooks, allowing you to ground Copilot responses on specific public web pages.
References: MC1193414 and 365 Roadmap ID 516040. Now due late April 2026.
🕔 New policy to add watermarks to content generated or altered by using AI in Microsoft 365
Really, this is for the admins to manage, but it will still be of interest to the rest of us. Microsoft will give admins a policy setting in Microsoft 365 that lets them add visual or audio watermarks to any AI‑generated or AI‑altered video or audio you create. Even if they choose not to use watermarks, Microsoft will still add extra metadata to any AI‑generated or AI‑altered video, audio, or images.
References: MC1221451 and 365 Roadmap ID: 547831. Now due late March 2026. Read more: Add watermarks to content generated or altered by using AI in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn.
🕔 Upload local files now supports .eml and .msg file types
Microsoft is adding support for .eml and .msg file uploads in Microsoft 365 Copilot, allowing you to upload email files directly in Copilot Chat and the Microsoft 365 Copilot app so they can be used as grounding context when generating responses.
References: MC1253750 and 365 Roadmap ID 552591. Due late February to late March 2026.
🕔 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 for mobile, due in desktop and the web from December 2025 to late April 2026. Read more.
🕔 Navigation refresh in the M365 Copilot app
Microsoft is updating the Microsoft 365 Copilot app. They claim it has a “simplified, flattened navigation menu with logically grouped features”. Now due December 2025 to late March 2026. Read more.
🕔 Microsoft Read Aloud gets Copilot real-time voice interactions
Microsoft Read Aloud will become an interactive experience with Copilot Q&A, letting you ask questions and refine understanding in real time. This will improve accessibility, comprehension, and focus. You will get a new voice-driven Read Aloud, while others will keep the classic version. A Copilot licence is required for the new experience.
References: MC1183010 and 365 Roadmap ID 523205. Now due early February to early July 2026 (initially with US English only).
🕔 Say “Hey Copilot” to start voice in Copilot on Windows devices
You can now say “Hey Copilot” to start voice in Copilot on Windows devices. Now due late February to mid-April 2026. Read more.
🕔 Real-time voice interactions are coming to Copilot podcasts
The Microsoft 365 Copilot podcast feature is gaining real-time voice interactions. Now due early May to late June 2026. Read more.
🕔 Infinite scroll for Copilot chat history
Microsoft 365 Copilot will introduce infinite scroll for chat history, allowing you to easily access older conversations as additional chat sessions load automatically as you scroll. You will be able to view your full chat history directly in the navigation pane, giving you a smoother experience when browsing past conversations.
References: MC1237701 and 365 Roadmap ID 557348. Now due early to late April 2026.
🕔 Updated handling of work entities added in the Copilot Chat box
In Copilot, you can use the + menu to add work content to a prompt. How those added ‘entities’ appear is changing. Now due mid-February to mid-March 2026. Read more.
🕔 Microsoft hopes to simplify Copilot prompting with a unified plus menu (+)
Microsoft Copilot will soon have a unified plus menu (+) that consolidates grounding, tools, and data sources. Due late February to mid-March 2026. Now due early March to mid-April 2026. Read more.
🔭 Microsoft Agent 365: the control plane for agents
Microsoft: “Agent 365 is the control plane for AI agents. It empowers IT and security administrators to observe, govern, and secure agents across Microsoft 365 and connected platforms at scale.”
Roadmap ID: 558448. Platform(s): Web. Due May 2026.
🔭 Create interactive visuals in Copilot Pages
Microsoft: “Create an interactive report, visualization, or dashboard using Copilot Pages. Copilot uses web data and the latest LLM models and can also ground responses in your Work data.”
Roadmap ID: 558940. Platform(s): Web. Due April 2026.
🔭 Critique in Researcher
Microsoft: “Responses are generated by GPT and Claude working together, with GPT drafting an initial response and Claude reviewing for increased response accuracy, completeness, and citation integrity.”
Roadmap ID: 558538. Platform(s): Desktop, Web. Due July 2026.
🔭 Researcher Council
Microsoft: “Council in Researcher runs multiple leading AI models from different providers in parallel in one place, so you can quickly compare outputs and see consensus vs. conflict) to make high-stakes decisions with greater confidence—without switching tools.”
Roadmap ID: 553213. Platform(s): Desktop, Web. Due July 2026.
🔭 Federated Copilot Connectors
Microsoft: “Microsoft is announcing the General Availability (GA) of federated Copilot connectors for Microsoft 365 Copilot. Federated Copilot connectors enable users to securely connect Copilot to popular third‑party sources and retrieve data in real time using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). These connectors do not store or index customer data in Microsoft services; access occurs in real time using the user’s identity, while administrators retain full governance and control through the Microsoft 365 admin center. With GA, federated Copilot connectors will be supported in Researcher agent, Microsoft 365 Chat, and Agent Mode in Excel, enabling users to bring external data directly into their workflows.”
Roadmap ID: 501120. Platform(s): Web. Due April 2026.
🔭 Mind Maps in Copilot Notebooks
Microsoft: “Mind Maps in Copilot Notebooks are interactive visual artifacts that help users understand notebook content through a grounded map of key topics, themes, and relationships. Users can explore the Mind Map, view summaries for individual nodes, and use Notebook chat to get more detail about a node. Available across OneNote and Microsoft 365 Copilot App.”
Roadmap ID: 559029. Platform(s): Desktop, Web. Due May 2026.
🔭 Updated chat-first design in the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app
Microsoft: “We are introducing a refreshed chat-first design in the Microsoft 365 Copilot mobile app, bringing a cleaner, more intuitive interface to users. This update includes a modernized design language, streamlined navigation, and other improvements that make it easier and faster for users to start, continue, and manage chats on the mobile app.”
Roadmap ID: 559310. Platform(s): Android, iOS. Due April 2026.
🔭 AI-generated video drafts include text animations and new layout options
Microsoft: “Users will find updated layouts and text animations on video projects generated with Copilot.”
Roadmap ID: 557560. Platform(s): Desktop, Mac, Web. Due May 2026.
🔭 Take Screenshots in Copilot
Microsoft: “Give users a fast, built‑in way to capture screenshots and include them in Copilot prompts, helping them communicate visual context more easily and receive more accurate, actionable assistance.”
Roadmap ID: 558105. Platform(s): Desktop. Due March 2026.
🗞️ Wave 3 of Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft have announced Wave 3 of Microsoft 365 Copilot, an update that embeds agentic capabilities directly into apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Copilot Chat. They are introducing Cowork, which enables Copilot to handle long‑running, multi‑step tasks using enterprise context through Work IQ, and integrating models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and others. Microsoft have also launched Agent 365, a new control plane that lets IT teams observe, secure, and govern all agents across the organisation, and unveiled Microsoft 365 E7: The Frontier Suite, which combines productivity, AI, identity, and advanced security. Overall, Microsoft say these updates mark a turning point where AI becomes a trusted, integrated part of daily work at enterprise scale.
Read more: Powering Frontier Transformation with Copilot and agents | Microsoft 365 Blog.
🗞️ “Microsoft is mixing up its Copilot AI leadership, so Suleyman can ‘build enterprise tuned lineages’“
“Microsoft has set out plans to combine its consumer and commercial Copilot teams in order to push for a more unified AI experience. The move comes in response to criticism that business and individual Copilot products had different features, with customers worried about clear fragmentation”. Read more: Microsoft is mixing up its Copilot AI leadership, so Suleyman can ‘build enterprise tuned lineages’ | TechRadar.
🗞️ “Microsoft 365 is paywalling most of Copilot in Office apps — what’s changing?”
“Commercial customers will soon need a Microsoft 365 Copilot license to use Copilot Chat in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote”. Read more: Microsoft 365 is paywalling most of Copilot in its Office apps | Windows Central.
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OneDrive
🔜 View and edit Markdown files in OneDrive and SharePoint
OneDrive and SharePoint will soon let you view and edit Markdown (.md) files directly in the browser without downloads or third‑party tools; you will be able to open files in a clean, formatted view or use a built‑in editor with a side‑by‑side live preview, formatting toolbar, and rich rendering for tables, images, code blocks, and links, allowing you to create, edit, and organise Markdown files alongside your other files and content.
Reference: MC1261592. Due mid-April to late May 2026.
🔜 Improved OneDrive sync experience for macOS users
Microsoft will refresh the OneDrive Activity Centre on macOS to give you a cleaner, more intuitive way to check sync status, manage files, and resolve issues, with a redesigned interface that follows macOS conventions, improves accessibility with full VoiceOver and Full Keyboard Access support, and presents sync status, activity, and errors more clearly so you can resolve issues more easily.
Reference: MC1255404. Due early April to late May 2026. Read more: OneDrive on Mac gets Liquid Glass with an All-New Activity Center | Microsoft Community Hub.
🔭 Discover Copilot actions in File Preview
Microsoft: “See what Copilot can do the moment you preview a file in OneDrive or SharePoint. Ready-to-use prompts appear alongside the Copilot button, helping you summarize documents, generate FAQs, and more — all without writing a single prompt.”
Roadmap ID: 559481. Platform(s): Web. Due April 2026.
🔭 Improved max path error experience on desktop
Microsoft: “OneDrive desktop sync users now get clearer, more actionable error messages when file paths exceed the supported 520-character limit. The updated experience shows exactly how many characters a path exceeds the limit and points users to the specific folder location where they can shorten names to resolve the issue. When multiple files in the same folder are affected, a single consolidated message guides users to the right location, reducing error noise and making resolution faster. Available on both Windows and Mac.”
Roadmap ID: 557563. Platform(s): Desktop, Mac. Due May 2026.
🔍 View all OneDrive updates.
Outlook
🔜 Outlook for Android: Unified user interface in text and image previewers
Microsoft will update the text and image file preview experience in Outlook for Android to give you a more consistent and predictable interface aligned with Word, Excel, and PowerPoint previewers, including updated styling, refreshed icons and action order in the overflow menu, and a new Expand button in the action bar to make full‑screen viewing easier.
Reference: MC1267871.Due late April to mid‑May 2026.
🔜 Outlook for iOS: New attachment actions and updates to previewer experience
Microsoft will update attachment actions in Outlook for iOS to improve consistency and give you clearer options for previewing and sharing attachments, including new Preview and Send a copy actions and renamed options such as Share and Send a link, applied consistently across reading, compose, and file-related scenarios.
Reference: MC1267870. Due late April to mid‑May 2026.
🔜 Outlook Mobile: New external image handling option for safe senders
Microsoft is updating how Outlook for iOS and Android handle external images by adding a new Load images for safe senders option, giving you more control over image loading while maintaining security and privacy, and aligning Outlook Mobile behaviour with Outlook for Windows (classic) and Outlook for Mac.
Reference: MC1260700. Due early to late April 2026.
🔜 Outlook Mobile: Follow a meeting option
Microsoft will introduce a new Follow option for meetings in Outlook Mobile, which will help you stay informed when you cannot attend by prompting organisers to record the meeting and by ensuring you receive key updates and follow‑up items.
Reference: MC1248393. Due mid‑March to mid‑April mid to late April 2026. Read about following a meeting in Outlook – Microsoft Support.
🔜 Draft and send an Outlook email without leaving Copilot Chat
You will soon be able to draft, edit, and send Outlook emails in M365 Copilot Chat. Now due early May to early June 2026. Read more.
🔜 Copilot Chat for shared and delegated mailboxes
Microsoft is expanding M365 Copilot capabilities in Outlook to include shared and delegated mailboxes. Due early May to early June 2026. Read more.
🕔 Share Word, Excel and PowerPoint local files via the new Outlook for Windows
Microsoft will soon add support for sending locally stored Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files as email attachments in new Outlook for Windows, as part of their ongoing efforts to achieve feature parity between classic Outlook for Windows and the new Outlook.
References: MC1245222 and 365 Roadmap ID 557675. Due early to late June 2026.
🕔 New “Prepare” button added to the “Up Next” card for Microsoft 365 Copilot users
Microsoft: “To help users better prepare for upcoming meetings, Microsoft is enhancing the Up Next card experience in Microsoft 365. A new Prepare button will replace the Join button up to 5 minutes before a meeting starts, offering a one-tap way to access Copilot’s meeting preparation tools”.
Reference: MC1187395. Now due April 2026.
🔭 Copilot provides coaching feedback in chat as you draft, edit and format emails
Microsoft: “Copilot now provides coaching feedback on email drafts via chat and can apply suggestions directly to your message in Outlook. Users have the option to choose which suggestions are applied, and Copilot updates your email in place.”
Roadmap ID: 559418. Platform(s): Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac, Web. Due May 2026.
🔭 Shareable links now show as the document name in meeting descriptions
Microsoft: “In Outlook for Android, shareable links now automatically show as the document name in meeting descriptions. Additionally, users can manage the link permissions on the shareable links directly from the meeting description, ensuring a more secure file sharing process.”
Roadmap ID: 559023. Platform(s): Android. Due April 2026.
🔭 View, edit & share Copilot Pages with Outlook for Android
Microsoft: “Users can now view, edit and share Copilot Pages with Outlook for Android, making it easier to continue working with Copilot and colleagues while on the go.”
Roadmap ID: 559389. Platform(s): Android. Due July 2026.
🔭 Font Improvements in Outlook on mobile
Microsoft: “Now when composing emails, users can change the font color and add highlight color to their text. Additionally, users will now have easy access to recently used fonts in the font list.”
Roadmap ID: 558936. Platform(s): Android, iOS. Due May 2026.
🔭 Multiselect in the New Outlook and Teams calendars
Microsoft: “You can now select multiple appointments and meetings in the new Outlook for Windows and Teams calendars. Use Ctrl+click to select individual items, or Shift+click to quickly select a range events. Once selected, you can take common actions across all selected items. Click anywhere outside the selection to clear it.”
Roadmap ID: 558857. Platform(s): Web. Due April 2026.
🔭 Instantly Find Rules, Quick Steps, and More by Name
Microsoft: “Managing your email automation in Outlook is now effortless with name search built into your key productivity tools. You can search within Rules, Conditional Formatting, Quick Steps, and Search Folders, filtering the list by name so you jump straight to the item you need. Whether you have dozens of rules or a growing library of quick steps, just type a few characters to narrow down results instantly. No more scrolling through long lists to find the right one, search puts you in control. Stay organized and make changes faster, right where you need them.”
Roadmap ID: 557678. Platform(s): Web. Due May 2026.
🔍 View all Outlook updates.
PowerPoint, Word and Excel
🔜 Choose your AI model when editing presentations in PowerPoint
M365 Copilot (paid) in PowerPoint will soon let you choose an AI model (including OpenAI and Claude) when creating and editing a presentation. Due early April to early May 2026. Read more.
🔜 Word, Excel and PowerPoint App home pages are getting a new search box
Microsoft is adding a new search box to the Word, Excel, and PowerPoint app home pages. Due late December 2025 to March 2026. Read more.
🔜 Copilot Agent mode in PowerPoint gets updated capabilities
Agent mode in PowerPoint gets updated, rewrite, translate, and speaker notes features. Due mid-March to late April 2026. Read more.
🕔 Microsoft 365 Copilot | PowerPoint now supports enterprise image libraries via AEM (Adobe Experience Manager)
Microsoft: “Microsoft 365 Copilot in PowerPoint will soon support enterprise image libraries hosted on Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). This integration allows users to generate slides using branded images from your organization’s asset library, helping maintain brand consistency and streamline content creation”.
References: MC1217648 and Roadmap IDs 516037, 516038, and 516039. Now due late April to late May 2026. Read more about Adobe Experience Manager Assets Microsoft 365 Copilot connector overview | Microsoft Learn.
🕔 Agent Mode in Copilot is coming to PowerPoint for the web
Agent Mode in Copilot for PowerPoint web lets you create and refine presentations using natural conversation, whilst preserving formatting and branding. Now due mid-February to late April 2026. Read more.
🕔 Copilot entry point changes in Word and handoff to Agent in chat
Microsoft will update the entry points for Copilot in Word, and you will see the existing Copilot entry point in the left margin replaced with a consolidated entry point positioned in the bottom right corner; when you select content, you will see contextual Copilot entry points – on Windows and web inside the selection floatie, and on Mac in the right‑click context menu – while the Word Agent in the right‑side chat pane will become your primary Copilot experience for prompts and responses, and all Copilot entry points, both consolidated and contextual, will connect to Word Agent to ensure you have a unified experience. Images to follow.
Reference: MC1240704. Due early late March to late April October 2026.
🔭 Create and Edit images with the model of your choice
Microsoft: “You can now choose your preferred image model including OpenAI’s GPT Image, Flux, or Auto for smart, dynamic selection when creating or editing images with Copilot in PowerPoint, or when generating a new presentation or page.”
Roadmap ID: 559477. Platform(s): Web. Due May 2026.
🔭 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Create Excel spreadsheets from Copilot Notebooks
Microsoft: “Copilot Notebooks allows users to generate Excel spreadsheets using the content and references gathered in a notebook. Copilot drafts a structured spreadsheet grounded in the notebook’s context, which can be opened and edited in Excel, helping users move from ideas and source material to a ready‑to‑use spreadsheet with fewer manual steps.”
Roadmap ID: 559480. Platform(s): Desktop, Web. Due May 2026.
🔭 Create PowerPoint presentations from Copilot Notebooks
Microsoft: “Copilot Notebooks enables users to generate PowerPoint presentations directly from the content and references collected in a notebook. Using the notebook’s curated context, Copilot creates a structured, editable slide deck that users can open and refine in PowerPoint, helping turn research, notes, and insights into shareable presentations more quickly.”
Roadmap ID: 558938. Platform(s): Desktop, Web. Due May 2026.
🔭 Create Word documents from Copilot Notebooks
Microsoft: “Copilot Notebooks allows users to generate Word documents using the content and references gathered in a notebook. Copilot drafts a structured document grounded in the notebook’s context, which can be opened and edited in Word, helping users move from ideas and source material to a ready‑to‑use document with fewer manual steps.”
Roadmap ID: 558934. Platform(s): Desktop, Web. Due May 2026.
🔭 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Choose Anthropic models when editing with Copilot in Word
Microsoft: “You can choose to select Anthropic models, in addition to OpenAI models, when editing a Word document using Copilot.”
Roadmap ID: 558440. Platform(s): Web. Due April 2026.
🔭 Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft 365): Edit with the model of your choice in PowerPoint
Microsoft: “When create or edit a presentation with Copilot in PowerPoint, you can now select which model to use, including both Open AI and Anthropic models. Available to Microsoft 365 Copilot–licensed users.”
Roadmap ID: 558443. Platform(s): Desktop, Mac, Web. Due April 2026.
🔭 Reference SharePoint libraries and OneDrive folders when creating a presentation with Agent Mode in PowerPoint
Microsoft: “You can now reference SharePoint libraries and OneDrive folders when creating a presentation with Agent Mode in PowerPoint.”
Roadmap ID: 555897, 555895. Platform(s): Mac, Desktop. Due June 2026.
🔍 View all PowerPoint, Word or Excel updates.
SharePoint
🔜 Lists as a knowledge source for agents in SharePoint and OneDrive
Microsoft is introducing support for Lists as a knowledge source for custom agents in SharePoint and OneDrive, enabling responses to be grounded in one list stored on a SharePoint site or in OneDrive. You’ll also be able to create an agent directly from a list by selecting AI actions > Create an agent from the command bar.
Reference: MC1255409. Due late March to early May 2026. Related: Create an agent in SharePoint – Microsoft Support.
🔜 SharePoint site and page analytics: AI citations analytics for documents and pages
Microsoft will add AI citations analytics to SharePoint so you can see how Copilot and other AI agents reference your documents, news posts, and pages. SharePoint will show AI citation rankings in Popular content, add a Total citations card to page analytics, and display a new AI citations metric in file statistics. A dedicated AI citations analytics page under Site Usage will show how many users access your content through AI, total site citations, and your most frequently cited items across Microsoft 365 Copilot experiences.
References: MC1247902 and 365 Roadmap ID 480725.
🕔 SharePoint document libraries and lists are getting an updated filter pane
Microsoft will update the filter pane in SharePoint Document Libraries and Lists, aiming to deliver a faster, more flexible filtering experience without changing the core functionality. Now due late March to mid-April 2026. Read more.
🕔 SharePoint introduces a new Workflows experience
SharePoint introduces a new Workflows experience aligned with the new Teams experience. Now due early April to early May 2026. Read more.
🔭 Plan and Create Pages with AI
Microsoft: “This feature allows you to edit new and existing pages with an AI chat pane. Now, with just prompts, you can add webparts, grounding documents, and refine the visuals and text on your page.”
Roadmap ID: 558441. Platform(s): Web. Due August 2026.
🚫 Publishing InfoPath Forms in SharePoint Online will not be allowed for all tenants
Microsoft: “As announced earlier in MC616550 (June 2023), InfoPath Forms Service in SharePoint Online is being retired and will be removed from existing tenants after July 14, 2026. To support this transition and reduce future migration effort, Microsoft will prevent the publication of InfoPath forms in SharePoint Online for all tenants ahead of the service’s retirement.”
Reference: MC1255407. Due 18th May to 14th July 2026. Read more: Support update for InfoPath Forms Services in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Community Hub.
🔍 View all SharePoint updates.
Teams
🔜 New experience when minimising the Teams meeting window
The Teams meeting experience when the active meeting window is minimised is being updated to help you stay engaged while multitasking in other apps. Duelate April to early May 2026. Read more.
🔜 Planner support for Shared and Private Channels in Teams
You will soon be able to add Planner as a tab in Shared and Private channels. Due mid to late May 2026. Read more.
🔜 Auto-detect spoken language in multilingual meetings
Microsoft Teams will soon use automatic spoken language detection in multilingual meetings and hopes to improve the accuracy of live captions, transcripts and interpretation. Teams will detect each speaker’s language in real time as the conversation changes, removing the need for manual language selection and helping ensure more consistent recognition when Interpreter or multilingual speech recognition is enabled.
References: MC1266022 and 365 Roadmap ID 558543. View full screenshot. Due mid-April 2026.
🔜 The Teams compose box is getting a new slash command to create workflows
You will soon be able to create workflows in the chat and channel compose boxes using the new slash command /createworkflow. Due late April to mid-May 2026. Read more.
🔜 Code block line numbers and improved keyboard accessibility
Microsoft will introduce improvements to the code block experience in Microsoft Teams Compose that will make it easier for you to read, share, and navigate code, with automatic line numbers, improved keyboard navigation, remembered language selection, and continued support for familiar insertion methods when you share code in chats or channels.
References: MC1240703 and 365 Roadmap ID 554933. Due mid to late May 2026. Read more about using code blocks in Microsoft Teams – Microsoft Support.
🔜 Video recap for Microsoft Teams meetings
Microsoft Teams will soon offer AI-generated video recaps. Due late April to early May 2026. Read more.
🔜 A new ‘Catch up’ option is coming to Teams mobile
Microsoft is introducing ‘Catch up’ in Microsoft Teams on mobile (1). This consolidated view will help you triage conversations (chats, meeting chats, and followed channels or threads) that need your attention. Due early May 2026. Read more.
🔜 Manage multiple phone numbers within one Teams account
Microsoft is introducing Teams Phone user multi-line to give you greater flexibility when managing multiple business numbers, allowing administrators to assign up to ten telephone numbers to a single Teams Phone user so you can make and receive calls across all your numbers on Teams desktop, mobile, and devices without switching accounts. This is aimed at supporting scenarios such as maintaining a local presence in multiple regions, handling multiple roles or responsibilities, and managing several business lines in one account. The feature will be off by default and will require admin configuration before it becomes available.
References: MC1253752 and 365 Roadmap ID 557716. Due late April to mid-May 2026.
🔜 Recently used emojis sync across devices
Teams will soon sync your recently used emojis and reactions across devices, giving you the same “recently used” list on Android, iOS, Mac, Windows desktop, and the web. The feature will be enabled by default, will respect your existing admin settings and messaging policies. Microsoft hope to create a more consistent experience when communicating across chats and channels.
References: MC1256307 and 365 Roadmap ID 554927. Due late April to May 2026.
🔜 Improved copy and paste support for @mentions and shared contacts in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams will improve copy and paste for messages containing @mentions, shared contacts, and supported @tags by keeping tags interactive whenever they are valid in the destination conversation and falling back to plain text only when they cannot be used.
References: MC1250273 and 365 Roadmap ID 558254. Now due mid to late May 2026.
🔜 Live transcription in Teams Rooms on Android
Microsoft will add live transcription to Teams Rooms on Android, letting you view real‑time transcripts on the device and, when enabled, translated text on the front‑of‑room screen; you will start transcription, confirm the spoken language, see a privacy notification, and rely on updated icons to show whether transcription or recording is active. Requires a Teams Rooms Pro licence.
Reference: MC1249432 and 365 Roadmap ID 555234. Due late April to late May 2026.
🔜 Upcoming change: disabling Teams meeting recording expiration notification emails
Microsoft: “To reduce notification noise and improve signal quality, Microsoft will disable Teams Meeting Recording (TMR) expiration notification emails. Customer feedback indicates these emails generate high volume with minimal engagement. Only the email notifications are being removed; recording expiration and deletion behavior remains unchanged.”
Reference: MC1245635. Due 1st June 2026. Read more: Upcoming change: disabling Teams meeting recording expiration notification emails | Microsoft Community Hub.
🔜 Feature updates for the Teams Channel Agent
Microsoft is adding new Channel Agent features in Teams to improve collaboration, onboarding, control, and in-channel actions. Due early to late March 2026. Read more.
🕔 Teams gets flexible meeting layouts with a resizable divider
Microsoft will introduce a flexible layout option in future Teams meetings that will let you resize and swap shared content and participant videos. Now due early February to early April 2026. Read more.
🕔 Events in Meet app – Introducing a redesigned, unified Events experience in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft will introduce a redesigned Meet app in Microsoft Teams, providing a unified Events experience. This update intends to modernise how you create, find, and manage webinars, town halls, and custom events within a single workflow, while your existing Meetings and Audio recap experiences will remain unchanged.
You will see a redesigned Events home (view), event landing pages with Q&A and polls, support for shared and delegate mailboxes, and a seamless upgrade path for current webinars and town halls. Existing events will not be affected, admin controls will remain the same, and Classic Meet will continue to be available during preview and general availability.
References: MC1227087 and Roadmap ID 547834. Now due mid to late June 2026.
🕔 Express voice enrolment in Microsoft Teams
Express voice enrolment in Teams will register your voice profile. A voice profile enables features such as voice isolation, speaker recognition, identification in meeting rooms, improved transcripts, and enhanced meeting recaps and insights powered by M365 Copilot. If you haven’t enrolled yet, you’ll receive a prompt to opt in and enrol by speaking during a meeting. This feature will be on by default, but can be disabled by your organisation.
References: MC1197146 and Roadmap ID 537269. Now due late May to early June 2026.
🕔 Microsoft is pushing Viva Engage communities into the Chat navigation in Teams
Microsoft is adding Viva Engage communities to the Chat navigation in Teams. Now due May 2026. Read more.
🕔 Microsoft is hiding app names on the Teams app bar
Microsoft is planning to give your Teams app bar a clean look by hiding app names, but it will do so by default. Now due late April 2026. Read more.
🕔 Create custom AI recap summaries for Teams meetings
Teams and Copilot will soon allow you to create personalised meeting notes using templates and instructions. Now due from early February to late April 2026. Read more.
🕔 Native MacOS screen and window sharing in Teams meetings
Microsoft: “As part of our ongoing commitment to delivering a polished, platform-native experience for Mac users, Microsoft Teams is introducing native screen and window sharing capabilities tailored specifically for macOS. This opt-in experience leverages Apple’s macOS native screen sharing APIs, allowing users to share their screen or window directly from macOS during Teams meetings”.
References: MC1187801 and 365 Roadmap ID 502523. Due January to mid-May 2026.
🕔 Rollout paused: App support is coming to Private Channels
Microsoft Teams will soon support apps in Private channels – including bots, tabs, and message extensions. Rollout paused 17th March 2026. Read more.
🕔 Find SharePoint agents in Teams chats and Teams Store
Microsoft will let you discover and add SharePoint agents within Microsoft Teams chats on Desktop and Mac. You will add them via the Add agents and bots option in the chat dropdown, which opens the in‑context store for discovery and selection. SharePoint agents will also appear in the Teams Store under the Agents category, making them easier for you to find.
References: MC1193415 and 365 Roadmap ID 515465. Now due mid to late May 2026. Related: Share an agent from SharePoint in Teams – Microsoft Support.
🕔 Private chat for organisers and presenters in structured meetings, webinars, and town halls
Microsoft will add a private chat for organisers, co-organisers, and presenters in structured meetings and webinars, letting you communicate privately before, during, and after events. Backroom chat behaviour in town halls will also be standardised to remove inconsistencies caused by streaming chat settings and Teams Premium licences.
References: MC1188222 and Roadmap ID 392328. Now due mid to late May 2026.
🕔 Distinguish invites among Attendee, Presenter, and Co-organiser emails
Microsoft: “Microsoft Teams Events invite emails will be separated based on the role of the participant. Event organizers will get an email explaining the specific roles of participants in the event. Similarly, each presenter will get a separate calendar invite, allowing the organizers of town halls to maintain separate invites for attendees”.
References: MC1009930 and 365 Roadmap ID 476488. Initially expected in March 2025, this is now due in July 2026.
🔭 Add Breakout Room Participants in Bulk Using CSV
Microsoft: “Support for bulk breakout room participant assignment using a CSV file, helping organizers save time when setting up breakout rooms.”
Roadmap ID: 559387. Platform(s): Desktop. Due May 2026.
🔭 Attendant Agent
Microsoft: “Add conversational intelligence to your phone communications to ensure every customer gets served no matter what time of day – even after hours and holidays. Microsoft Teams Phone Attendant Agent greets callers, answers common questions, schedules appointments, and routes calls to the right person or department with context. Through seamless integration with Microsoft Copilot Studio, businesses can embed custom voice agents into Attendant Agent to handle specialized workflows like billing, order status, or inventory checks.”
Roadmap ID: 558680. Platform(s): Teams and Surface Devices. Due July 2026.
🔭 Badging updates help find messages that count in the chat list
Microsoft: “Microsoft Teams displays a badge on the app bar that reflects activity across chats and channels. Now, it’s easier to find and clear the messages behind that badge. Unmuted chats show a purple indicator when they affect the badge, while mentions, followed threads, and tag mentions display a purple number indicating how many items within are unread and part of the count.”
Roadmap ID: 559612. Platform(s): Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac. Due May 2026.
🔭 Intelligent meeting recap available without saving transcript
Microsoft: “Intelligent recap can now be generated without retaining a transcript after the meeting. Meeting organizers can choose this setting from the meeting options before the meeting, or organizers and eligible participants can enable it during the meeting. After the meeting, the AI Summary will be available, but other elements of the recap may not be available (Chapters, Topics, Mentions, Audio recap).”
Roadmap ID: 558286. Platform(s): Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac, Web. Due May 2026.
🔭 Quick access to read items from unread-only view
Microsoft: “Teams chat and channel lists can be filtered to show unread items only. When this filter is applied, hovering over a section reveals an eye icon next to the section name. Selecting the eye icon opens a list of read chats or channels within that section, allowing you to open them without leaving the unread-only view.”
Roadmap ID: 559608. Platform(s): Desktop, Mac. Due May 2026.
🔭 Standardised preview experience for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files on mobile
Microsoft: “Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Excel files now open in a standardized preview in Teams on Android and iOS, delivering faster performance, improved reliability, and a more consistent viewing experience.”
Roadmap ID: 558679. Platform(s): Android, iOS. Due June 2026.
🔭 Attendee capacity packs for Teams events
Microsoft: “Attendee capacity packs provide increased capacity limits for Teams events. Organizers can scale event attendance beyond base limits while maintaining a consistent Teams events experience.”
Roadmap ID: 558856. Platform(s): Desktop. Due May 2026.
🔭 Create workflows with slash commands
Microsoft: “Now you can create workflows quickly and easily using slash commands directly from the Teams compose box.”
Roadmap ID: 558544. Platform(s): Desktop, Mac. Due April 2026.
🔭 Honour Windows Do not disturb setting
Microsoft: “Microsoft Teams integrates with the Do not disturb setting in Windows to help reduce interruptions. Teams notifications are paused when Do not disturb is turned on, and resume after it is turned off.”
Roadmap ID: 557974. Platform(s): Desktop. Due April 2026.
🔭 Spoken language detection is now automatic
Microsoft: “Spoken language detection is now fully automatic. Teams will automatically detect each speaker’s spoken language and update it in real time as the conversation evolves. Manual spoken language selection will no longer be available. This applies to both live captions and transcripts when Interpreter is enabled or when multilingual speech recognition is turned on in meeting options, helping deliver more accurate language recognition and a more consistent multilingual meeting experience.”
Roadmap ID: 558543. Platform(s): Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac, Web. Due April 2026.
🔭 Video recap in Teams
Microsoft: “Intelligent meeting recap will now include video-based recaps. Video recap creates narrated video highlights from recorded meetings, featuring key takeaways and short clips that showcase important moments.”
Roadmap ID: 558540. Platform(s): Desktop, Mac, Web. Due April 2026.
🔭 Account Switching for Native Mac Controls via Dock and Menu Bar
Microsoft: “Users will now find controls for switching between the accounts and tenants that they are signed into making it easier to navigate on Mac.”
Roadmap ID: 558340. Platform(s): Mac. Due April 2026.
🔭 Catch up on conversations in Microsoft Teams mobile
Microsoft: “Catch up in Teams mobile provides a unified view of all directed and followed conversations across chats, meeting chats, channels and threads. The mobile-optimized card view supports swipe actions, helping you quickly review and triage lists of important items.”
Roadmap ID: 558108. Platform(s): Android, iOS. Due May 2026.
🔭 Delete meeting generated content in recap
Microsoft: “Meeting organizers can now easily delete meeting generated content including recording, transcript, AI summary, and notes through the new delete button in recap page. Shared files in the meeting won’t be deleted.”
Roadmap ID: 557170. Platform(s): Desktop. Due April 2026.
🔭 Identify bots joining your Teams meetings
Microsoft: “During Teams meetings, if there is an external 3P bot trying to join the meeting, organizers will be able to see a clear representation of the bots while they wait in the lobby. Organizers will be required to explicitly and separately admit these bots into the meeting, if really required. This approach will ensure that no one inadvertently accepts the external bots into the meeting ensuring that the organizers have full control over the presence of these bots.”
Roadmap ID: 558107. Platform(s): Android, Desktop, iOS, Mac. Due May 2026.
🔭 Improved copy and paste support for @mentions and shared contacts
Microsoft: “Microsoft Teams preserves @mentions and shared contacts when you copy and paste messages in chats and channels. Instead of defaulting to plain text, Teams intelligently displays an @mention, shared contact, or plain text based on where the content is pasted, reducing manual rework.”
Roadmap ID: 558254. Platform(s): Desktop, Linux, Mac. Due April 2026.
🔭 Minimised meeting window enhancements
Microsoft: “We’re improving the experience when the active meeting window is minimized. Users can now raise their hand and send reactions without restoring the full meeting window. They can also choose between two minimized views: an expanded view that shows up to 4 participant videos, or a compact view that does not display other participants’ video.”
Roadmap ID: 557179. Platform(s): Desktop, Mac. Due April 2026.
🔭 One-time email passcodes for external presenters in Teams events
Microsoft: “One-time email passcodes provide an easy way for tenant administrators and event organizers to verify anonymous, external presenters invited to their events. Anonymous external presenters will be shown with a “Verified” tag once completing the process. Based on admin settings, the event organizer will also have a set of options available to them that applies to all external presenters, providing the ability to control who is admitted to the meeting or allowing uninvited users with the link to be admitted from the lobby.”
Roadmap ID: 557975. Platform(s): Desktop. Due April 2026.
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Viva
🔭 Feature conversations to all network members
Microsoft: “The featured conversation feature in public Viva Engage communities will include the option to feature a conversation to all network members or only to community members.”
Roadmap ID: 558438. Platform(s): Web. Due April 2026.
🔭 Microsoft Viva: Glint: AI-generated survey insights with Copilot Highlights
Microsoft: “Copilot in Viva Glint now generates AI-powered summaries of employee survey results directly within Team Summary and Executive Summary reports, helping leaders quickly understand strengths, opportunities, and trends across their teams. Copilot Highlights surfaces key insights – such as notable score changes, benchmark comparisons, and response rate confidence – so leaders can move from data to action faster. With general availability, Copilot Highlights expands to support multilingual summaries, enabling global organizations to deliver AI-generated survey insights in their preferred language.”
Roadmap ID: 558111. Platform(s): Web. Due April 2026.
Around Microsoft 365
🔜 Create and manage tasks with the Copilot Planner Agent
The new Copilot Planner Agent lets you create and manage Planner tasks from within Copilot chat. Due mid-March to late April 2026. Read more.
🔜 Whiteboards created in Teams channels will be stored in SharePoint
Microsoft is updating where Microsoft Whiteboard files created from a Teams Channel tab are stored, so your whiteboards will be saved in the channel’s SharePoint folder instead of an individual’s OneDrive, giving you consistent access based on channel permissions while your whiteboards are still easy to find in the Whiteboard board picker.
References: MC1253753. Due late September 2026.
🔜 Project Manager agent renamed to Planner Agent and rollout to premium and basic plans
Microsoft Planner will have an updated agent experience to align naming with Microsoft 365 Copilot and expand availability. The Project Manager agent will be renamed to Planner Agent, its icon will be updated to match the Planner icon, and the agent will become available to anyone with a Microsoft 365 Copilot licence across both Planner Premium and Planner Basic plans.
References: MC1250279 and 365 Roadmap ID 511820. Due mid-March to early May 2026.
🔜 Copilot Mode for new tabs in Edge
Microsoft Edge will soon offer a Copilot-focused page when you select ‘New tab’. Due early to late April 2026. Read more.
🕔 Copilot Mode for new tabs in Edge
Microsoft Edge will soon offer a Copilot-focused page when you select ‘New tab’. Now due early to late May 2026. Read more.
🕔 Microsoft Edge: Microsoft 365 Copilot will support summarisation and contextual grounding
Microsoft Edge for Business will soon support summarisation and contextual grounding with Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat, allowing you to ask Copilot questions about multiple open browser tabs, Microsoft 365 documents such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and YouTube videos directly from the Edge side pane. This feature will be off by default.
References: MC1187682 and 365 Roadmap ID 496364, 499423, and 499424 (it is worth reading each of these for extra context). Now due late April 2026.
🕔 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 June 2026.
🕔 M365 Copilot Chat is coming to Microsoft Forms
Microsoft is introducing M65 Copilot Chat to Microsoft Forms. Now due early to late May 2026. Read more.
🕔 Microsoft 365: Modern Access Request and Access Denied web page
Microsoft will introduce a visual refresh of the Access Request and Access Denied page experience across Microsoft 365, redesigned to make it easier to request access to content such as documents, SharePoint sites, or Teams meeting recordings. This update will include modern Fluent illustrations and animations, along with clearer messaging to help you understand and resolve access issues.
Reference: MC1188599. Now due early to late May 2026.
🔭 Microsoft 365: Companion apps – Copilot prompts in the Files app now available for Copilot Chat users
Microsoft: “The Files companion app, part of the Microsoft 365 companion apps suite on the Windows taskbar, now surfaces AI-powered Copilot file prompts for Copilot Chat users. Previously available only to Microsoft 365 Copilot licensees, this update extends contextual file prompts to Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat users, enabling them to discover and interact with relevant files through intelligent suggestions. Users can find their most relevant files faster and take action on them directly from the Files app.”
Roadmap ID: 558595. Platform(s): Desktop. Due May 2026.
🔭 Microsoft Edge: Add a setting to create or remove profile desktop shortcut for Windows
Microsoft: “A new toggle is added in the profile settings to give users the ability to create or remove the profile desktop shortcut. Available only for Windows devices.”
Roadmap ID: 558311. Platform(s): Web. Due May 2026.
🔭 Microsoft Edge: Copilot New Tab Page
Microsoft: “Search, chat, and explore the web from one search box with Copilot-suggested actions and curated work content to help your users get things done faster on the new, refreshed Copilot New Tab Page.”
Roadmap ID: 558256. Platform(s): Web. Due March 2026.
🚫 On hold: M365 Copilot rewrite is coming to editable text in Edge
M365 Copilot users will soon be able to use Rewrite to draft and rephrase editable text within the Edge browser. On hold as of 20th March 2026. Read more.
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