Microsoft releases hundreds of updates to Microsoft 365 every year. Most announcements are written for IT admins, buried in the Message Centre, or wrapped in marketing speak. This page is the plain English answer to “what’s new in Microsoft 365?” – the updates that actually matter to the people using these tools every day, refreshed every month.
I’m Mark Thompson, a Microsoft 365 adoption consultant. I read the roadmap, the Message Centre and the blogs so you don’t have to, and I’ve been doing it for years – nearly 1,000 updates covered and counting.
Last updated: July 2026. Once each month’s full roundup is published, this page is refreshed with the previous month’s highlights, so what you see below is always the most recent complete month.
The biggest Microsoft 365 updates from the past month
These are the headline updates from June 2026, hand-picked from the full June roundup, which covers everything announced, released and delayed, app by app.
Microsoft Copilot
Copilot Cowork is now generally available. Cowork arrives with multi-model support, new plugins, updated skill management, Microsoft Purview integration and branded templates and image creation. Full update →
Copilot Notebooks comes to Copilot Chat for Basic users. Notebooks, the persistent AI workspace for organising content and reasoning over your materials, now extends beyond those with a Copilot add-on licence. Full update →
Create a Study Guide in Copilot Notebooks. Turn uploaded documents into interactive study materials: summaries, topic pages, flashcards and quizzes, all cited back to your own files. Full update →
Share your screen with Copilot in a voice session. Vision comes to voice sessions, so you can share your desktop screen or mobile camera and ask Copilot about what you are seeing. Full update →
Microsoft Teams
Turn Meeting AI on or off during a Teams meeting. A new in-meeting toggle lets licensed organisers and presenters switch Meeting AI (Copilot, Facilitator and recap) on or off mid-meeting. Full update →
Catch up on meeting recaps in the new Teams Recap app. Recordings, transcripts and AI summaries in one place, with video or audio recaps, including a combined audio recap across several meetings. Full update →
Facilitator answers unanswered questions in Teams meetings. Facilitator spots when a question goes unanswered, searches the web and quietly posts a relevant answer in the meeting chat. Full update →
OneDrive
A new Libraries view in OneDrive for the web. Replacing the More places experience, letting you browse SharePoint document libraries from recent activity, your Teams and your favourite sites in one place. Full update →
Choose where to save shortcuts in OneDrive. A new option saves shortcuts to a dedicated, colour-coded Shortcuts folder rather than always dropping them in the root of My files. Full update →
PowerPoint, Word and Excel
Copilot offers Anthropic models when editing Word documents. You can now choose Anthropic models alongside OpenAI models when editing documents with Copilot in Word. Full update →
Create branded presentations with Copilot in PowerPoint. Select a brand kit so the slides Copilot generates automatically match your organisation’s colours, fonts and visual identity. Full update →
SharePoint
The Planner agent arrives in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Task and plan management comes into Copilot, surfacing priorities, deadlines and at-risk work through interactive task cards you confirm before changes apply. Full update →
Want the lot, including everything delayed, renamed or retired? Read the full June 2026 roundup →
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What’s new in Microsoft 365, month by month
Each month’s full roundup lives in its own post, covering everything announced, released and delayed:
- What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? May 2026 – including a simpler, chat-centred Microsoft 365 Copilot app.
- What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? April 2026 – including Copilot Updates to memory and personalisation.
- What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? March 2026 – including a new experience when minimising the Teams meeting window.
- What’s new in Microsoft 365 and Copilot? February 2026 – including grounding your Copilot prompts in MS Lists.
Browse the full archive of Microsoft 365 roundups →
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Frequently asked questions
How often does Microsoft update Microsoft 365?
Constantly – hundreds of features ship every year across Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Outlook and the rest of the suite. Microsoft announces them through the Microsoft 365 roadmap, the Message Centre and various official blogs. This page distils each month’s announcements into the ones that matter for everyday users.
Where does Microsoft announce new Microsoft 365 features?
Mainly the Microsoft 365 roadmap, the admin Message Centre, and Microsoft’s product blogs. The catch: the Message Centre is only visible to IT admins, and much of it is written for them too. That’s the gap this site exists to fill.
What’s the difference between Microsoft 365 and Office 365?
Microsoft 365 is the current name for the subscription that includes the Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) plus Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive and more. Office 365 was the previous branding, and you’ll still hear both used interchangeably.
How do I know which updates my organisation will get, and when?
Rollout dates vary by licence, release ring and region – a feature can reach one organisation months before another. Each update covered on this site includes the rollout details Microsoft has published, and your IT team can confirm timing for your tenant.
