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Summary Microsoft Viva Engage is retiring Copilot v1 (Writing Assistant), the standalone post-writing assistance experience. Writing assistance in Engage will be consolidated into Microsoft 365 Copilot in Engage. Users with Viva Suite or Viva Communications and Communities licenses will lose the standalone writing assistant unless they also have a Microsoft 365 Copilot license. Admins should …

Conditional Coloring highlight tasks based on selected criteria, making priorities, status, and important task details easier to spot. Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 569476 Last Modified: August 28, 2026 GA date: September CY2026 Category: Roadmap Update Tags: New feature, Major change Status: In development Products & Platforms: Planner  

Tenant admins will be able to define the default value for “Days of email to save” in Offline settings and designate whether end users can change the setting. This policy will set and enforce the “Days of email to save” setting found under Settings > General > Offline. #newoutlookforwindows Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID: 570069 Last …

Summary OneDrive Photos is being added as part of the OneDrive sync app for Windows 10 and Windows 11; it is delivered through OneDrive app updates, not as a separate app. The experience currently applies to personal Microsoft accounts on managed devices; work and school account support is planned but not yet available. Existing OneDrive …

Summary The Teams, Outlook, and Microsoft365.com Admin app for very small businesses is being retired and will no longer be supported. Admins currently using the Admin app will need to switch to Microsoft Admin Center or Teams Admin Center for ongoing management tasks. Microsoft also recommends the Microsoft 365 Admin Agent as an alternative assistant …

Summary Microsoft Teams for Web is adding a new Call Monitor Picture-in-Picture experience for meetings. When a user leaves the active meeting tab, meeting controls can appear in a separate browser window to support multitasking. The change applies to users joining Teams meetings in supported web browsers. No admin configuration or workflow changes are required, …

Summary September 2026 Windows security update for hotpatch-enabled devices will require a restart because some security components cannot be updated without one. Organizations using Windows Autopatch with hotpatch-enabled Windows 11 or Windows Server devices are affected. Devices not using hotpatch are unaffected, and hotpatch enrollment/configuration does not change. No action is required, but admins should …

Summary Outlook for iOS is raising its minimum supported Apple OS versions. Devices running iOS 18 or earlier will no longer receive Outlook for iOS updates; iPadOS 18 and watchOS 11 are also being retired from support. Users on unsupported OS versions may eventually lose email and calendar sync in the last supported Outlook app …

Summary Microsoft will redirect Copilot web app traffic from m365.cloud.microsoft to copilot.cloud.microsoft for organizations where the new URL is allowed. Organizations that block copilot.cloud.microsoft need to update network, proxy, firewall, security gateway, tenant restriction, and app control settings to permit the domain. The redirect stays within the *.cloud.microsoft domain and does not require additional changes …

Summary Microsoft Agent 365 is gaining a new Active Users export for administrators to report on users who actively used tenant-registered agents in the prior 30 days. The export is available to AI Admins and Global Admins from the Microsoft 365 admin center under Agents > All Agents > Export. The CSV report includes UPN, …