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We have a minor service update planned for your Microsoft Dataverse environment hosted in GBR. This service update will occur within your region’s scheduled maintenance timeline, on the scheduled date listed for Microsoft Dataverse. How does this affect me? The version number for your Microsoft Dataverse environment will update to version 9.2.26093.00000 or higher. There …

As part of a broader platform alignment, Business Applications tools are moving to usage-based billing. Starting October 24, 2026, Dataverse MCP tool execution will incur usage-based billing charges instead of the fixed Microsoft Copilot Studio rate card. Message ID: MC1478384 Service: Microsoft Dataverse Category: Stay informed Tags: Feature update, Admin impact Rollout: October 2026 How …

We are announcing the ability to use compliant electronic invoicing for business-to-business (B2B) transactions in the United Arab Emirates region in finance and operations apps. This feature will reach general availability on December 1, 2026. Message ID: MC1478757 Service: Finance and Operations Apps Category: Stay informed Tags: New feature Rollout: December 2026, January 2027, July …

Summary Microsoft is rolling out stricter Conditional Access policies for Teams Android devices by mid-October 2026, which may cause sign-in issues if resource-specific policies block access. Organizations should review and adjust exclusions in Conditional Access policies and check sign-in logs to resolve problems. Message ID: MC1478962 Service: Microsoft Teams Category: Plan for change Tags: Feature …

Summary Microsoft is rolling out migrations for Copilot Studio agents to use Microsoft Entra Agent IDs to improve governance and security capabilities. This change introduces audit logging integration, lifecycle management support, and Conditional Access policy targeting for agent identities. Administrators should review tenant inventories using the Power Platform admin center, plan pilot migrations for eligible …

Summary Microsoft will introduce organization skill support for Copilot in PowerPoint for Mac starting in September 2026. This capability lets administrators upload and centrally distribute approved skills across the tenant through the Microsoft 365 admin center. Administrators should review governance procedures and prepare the required schema if they intend to publish organization skills for users. …

Summary Microsoft introduces organization skill support for Copilot in PowerPoint for Windows allowing administrators to upload and share tenant wide skills starting September 2026. This feature enables centralized governance and consistent user experiences across the service. Administrators should review internal governance processes and prepare to publish approved skills if desired. Administrator impact: Administrators can now …

Summary Microsoft Defender for Office 365 will enable user reporting for Teams by default in late October 2026 for eligible organisations. This feature allows users to report suspicious messages, calls, and meetings to improve threat detection. Administrators should review their configuration settings in the Microsoft Defender portal before October 25, 2026, to ensure that the …

Summary Microsoft is including Security Copilot features and agents as part of existing Microsoft 365 E5 and E7 plans without requiring a separate purchase. Tenants receive a monthly allocation of Security Compute Units based on user counts. Administrators should review the newly available agentic capabilities across security portals and monitor usage against the included compute …

Summary Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention now allows administrators to configure a custom destination URL for access restriction links in Microsoft 365 Copilot data access messages. This change enables organizations to redirect users from public documentation to internal compliance guidance when data is restricted. The worldwide rollout begins in late September 2026. Administrators who wish …