*Members only early access* Welcome to our eleventh roundup of 2025. We review what was announced, released, and delayed across Microsoft 365 and Copilot in October.
Check out the October 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
🗞️ = In the news
🎓 = Knowledge
Here are this month’s topics:
- Copilot
- Forms
- Lists
- OneDrive
- Outlook
- PowerPoint, Word and Excel
- SharePoint
- Teams
- Viva
- Around Microsoft 365
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Copilot
🔍 View all Copilot updates.
OneDrive
🔍 View all OneDrive updates.
Outlook
🔍 View all Outlook updates.
PowerPoint, Word and Excel
🔍 View all PowerPoint, Word or Excel updates.
SharePoint
🔍 View all SharePoint updates.
Teams
🔍 View all Teams updates.
Viva
Around Microsoft 365
🔍 View all M365 updates.
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