MC1486397 An updated version of the September 2026 Scan Cab is available

We are announcing the ability for admins to use filtered views to select and manage record-level access securely by defining security based on certain values of a field in Microsoft Power Platform governance and administration. This feature will reach public preview on October 2, 2026. Message ID: MC1486027 Service: Power Platform Category: Stay informed Tags: …

Summary Update Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android, phones, and panels to the minimum app version released in February 2026 before October 2026 to avoid losing calendar functionality due to the retirement of Exchange Web Services (EWS). Devices below this version may lose calendar sync and one-touch join features. Message ID: MC1486282 Services: Microsoft 365 suite, …

Summary Microsoft Viva Copilot Analytics will expand Agent365 dashboard reporting to include agents from Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, and Anthropic Claude starting mid-October 2026. User-level metrics won’t be available for these third-party agents. Administrators must enable observability data collection for reporting. Message ID: MC1486287 Service: Microsoft Viva Category: Stay informed Tags: Feature update, User …

Summary Update Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android, Teams phones, and Teams panels to the minimum app version released in February 2026 before October 2026 to avoid losing calendar functionality due to the retirement of Exchange Web Services (EWS) in Exchange Online. Devices below this version may lose calendar sync and one-touch join features. Message ID: …

Summary Microsoft Purview is launching a unified Classification Management experience for admins to manage classifiers consistently. Public Preview starts early October 2026; General Availability by late November 2026. It integrates various classifier types and includes admin controls manageable via Entra ID group membership. Message ID: MC1486289 Service: Microsoft Purview Category: Stay informed Tags: New feature, …

Summary Microsoft 365 Copilot introduces an optional, admin-enabled guided onboarding experience for Frontier participants starting late October 2026. It offers personalized role-based training via the Copilot app to boost adoption and confidence, with Starter and Premium journeys, admin controls, and Viva Learning reporting. Message ID: MC1486291 Services: Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft Viva, Microsoft Copilot (Microsoft …

Summary Bulk generation of AI prompt column values for existing Dataverse records will be generally available November 16, 2026. This asynchronous background job consumes AI credits and requires enabling specific environment settings. Users can review and manage jobs in System Jobs, ensuring historical data gains AI-generated insights. Message ID: MC1486292 Service: Power Apps in Microsoft …

Summary Microsoft is updating Microsoft Defender for Office 365’s Unified RBAC mapping for the Microsoft Entra Security Operator role, removing default access to email threat policies and Tenant Allow/Block List. This change starts November 2026 and requires manual permission assignment for continued access when Unified RBAC is enabled. Message ID: MC1486293 Service: Microsoft Defender XDR …

Summary Microsoft 365 Copilot users can generate AI-created, hierarchical, clickable tables of contents for PDFs in OneDrive and SharePoint on the web starting December 2026. The feature is user-initiated, respects permissions, supports saving by editors, and may have inaccuracies, especially with scanned PDFs. Message ID: MC1486295 Services: SharePoint Online, Microsoft OneDrive Category: Stay informed Tags: …

Summary Microsoft is introducing Excel canvas, a new Copilot capability that transforms workbook data into dynamic reports featuring automatic updates and natural language customisation. The worldwide rollout is scheduled to run from mid October 2026 through the end of October 2026 across desktop and web platforms. Administrators should review internal support materials and prepare users …