MC1453225: Updates available for Microsoft 365 Apps for all channels

Summary We are announcing the ability to support subscription billing through project fee journal functionality for production and stocked deployment scenarios in Dynamics 365 Project Operations. This feature will reach general availability on September 11, 2026. Published: 8/11/2026 ID: MC1452771 Severity: Normal Category: Stay Informed Service: Dynamics 365 Apps Tags: New feature How does this …

Summary The August 2026 security update is now available for all supported versions of Windows. We recommend that you install these updates promptly. For more information about the contents of this update, see the release notes, which are accessible from the Windows 11 update history page. To learn more about the different types of monthly …

Summary Microsoft Purview Information Protection will increase auto-labeling capacity for SharePoint and OneDrive from 100,000 to 500,000 files per tenant per day. Existing server-side auto-labeling policies targeting SharePoint and OneDrive will automatically benefit from the higher capacity. This should help organizations label and protect more stored content, improving coverage and compliance readiness for Microsoft 365 …

Summary The Other Features page in the Exchange admin center will be retired between September 2026 and February 2027 to simplify Exchange administration. Its links remain accessible via their own Microsoft admin portals. No Exchange Online functionalities will be removed. Administrators should update related documentation and bookmarks accordingly. Published: 8/11/2026 Message Center ID: MC1452374 Severity: …

Summary Power Platform admin center is gaining granular Copilot credit consumption tracking for both agents and users within an environment. Admins will be able to set per-user capacity limits and apply PAYG consumption caps across workloads. Usage indicators will help identify when consumption is nearing or exceeding limits, supporting anomaly detection and trend tracking. Microsoft …

Summary Microsoft is moving management of Teams Android devices from Teams admin center to the Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal. Eligible online devices will be automatically updated to the minimum required Teams Admin Agent version to support the transition. Offline or long-signed-out devices may not be automatically updated or manageable in PMP unless admins update …

Summary Microsoft is moving management of Teams Android devices from the Teams admin center to the Teams Rooms Pro Management Portal. Eligible certified Teams Android devices will be automatically updated to the minimum required Teams Admin Agent version to support the new management path. End-of-support Android devices may not receive the required update and may …

Can a toddler really cause a whole plane to be cancelled if they won’t wear a seatbelt? Think it was just a tantrum? Learn how a 12:30 a.m. curfew and mandatory paperwork resets turned a child’s seatbelt refusal into a cancelled Porter flight. Key Takeaways What: Porter Airlines cancelled flight PD444 from Victoria to Toronto. …

Is there a nationwide cellular outage today, or is it just my Verizon phone? Verizon’s outage made it look like AT&T and T-Mobile were down too. Learn about “phantom outages” and why a simple restart is the only way to fix your service. Key Takeaways What: A major Verizon voice outage blocked nationwide calls for …

Summary Microsoft Purview adaptive scopes will gain lifecycle status evaluation controls so admins can choose whether active, inactive, and soft-deleted recipients and site owners are included in scope membership. New adaptive scopes will evaluate only active recipients and site owners by default; inclusion of inactive or soft-deleted entries will require explicit configuration. Existing adaptive scopes …

Summary Multimodal capture in Microsoft 365 Copilot Notebooks is expanding to the OneNote app for Android. Eligible users can record audio transcription, capture images, and take typed notes in a single session, then have Copilot generate a structured Copilot Page saved to their selected notebook. The change applies to users with a Microsoft 365 Copilot …

Summary SharePoint Online is getting a new report in the SharePoint admin center that shows item-level exposure through the special SharePoint groups “Everyone” and “Everyone except external users.” SharePoint Advanced Management and SharePoint administrators can use the report to find specific files and items that are broadly shared across SharePoint and OneDrive. The report is …

Summary Microsoft Entra is changing MFA registration so password-only users can register a passkey or passwordless sign-in as their first method. The initial methods covered include synced passkeys, Microsoft Entra passkeys on Windows, and FIDO2 security keys, with broader support coming later for Windows Hello for Business, macOS Platform SSO, and Microsoft Authenticator passwordless sign-in. …

Summary Microsoft Entra will treat Windows Hello for Business and macOS Platform SSO as standalone MFA factors in supported authentication scenarios. Users authenticating with WHfB or macOS PSSO can satisfy supported step-up authentication, Authentication Strength, and sign-in frequency requirements without registering an additional passkey. Organizations using Conditional Access Authentication Strength policies should review whether WHfB …

Summary Viva Learning’s existing Copilot experience is being replaced by Learning Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Users who click the Copilot button in Viva Learning will be redirected to Learning Agent, and the old side-by-side Copilot experience will no longer be available. Viva Learning licensed users will continue to see the Copilot button, and users …

Summary If your websites or applications do not use unload event handlers (unload), the impact described below does not apply and no action is required. Microsoft Edge is changing the default behavior of the web platform unload event as part of the ongoing retirement of unload event handlers. Today, unload event handlers are allowed by …

Summary Microsoft Teams live chat is being retired. Starting in August 2026, new customers will no longer be able to set up Microsoft Teams live chat. Starting in October 2026, Microsoft Teams live chat will no longer be supported and will stop relaying customer chat messages from websites to Teams. This retirement allows us to …

Summary Microsoft Purview is expanding Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Information Protection auto-labeling support for non-Microsoft applications. Administrators will be able to create and manage DLP and auto-labeling policies directly in Microsoft Purview for supported non-Microsoft applications. These capabilities use Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps connectors to connect supported non-Microsoft applications to Microsoft Purview. This …

Summary Newly created Copilot Pages will be stored in users’ OneDrive for Business instead of the current storage location. The change applies to Copilot Pages created in Copilot Chat, the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, and new Copilot Notebooks. Existing OneDrive governance, retention, DLP, eDiscovery, and investigation controls will apply to newly created Copilot Pages. Existing …

Summary The public preview of the MemberOf rule operator in Microsoft Entra ID is ending. Organizations using MemberOf in dynamic membership groups, dynamic administrative units (AUs), or entitlement management auto-assignment policies must replace these configurations by November 3, 2026. Microsoft continues improving the scale and reliability of dynamic membership processing. During preview, Microsoft observed that …

Summary We are announcing the ability to equip voice agents with custom voice in Dynamics 365 Contact Center. This feature will be available in public preview on August 21, 2026. Microsoft 365 Message Center ID: MC1448669 Published: 8/6/2026 Severity: Normal Category: Stay Informed Service: Dynamics 365 Apps Tags: New feature How does this affect me? …

Summary We are announcing the ability to classify emails in predefined taxonomy (categories and subcategories) for support automation with Case Management Agent in Dynamics 365 Customer Service. This feature will reach general availability on August 21, 2026. Microsoft 365 Message Center ID: MC1448701 Severity: Normal Category: Stay Informed Service: Dynamics 365 Apps Tags: Feature update …

Summary Starting on September 2, 2026, the legacy chatbot experience in the Power Automate portal will no longer be available. The legacy chatbot experience in the Power Automate portal will be retired and no longer accessible. Users will need to use the Help (?) menu in the top-right command bar for help, documentation, and support …

Summary Apple’s macOS Golden Gate (version 27) allows users to disable Accessibility permissions despite MDM settings. Microsoft Purview Endpoint DLP relies on these permissions for monitoring; without them, Safari, Chrome, and Firefox are restricted, increasing enforcement alerts. Organizations must update configurations, upgrade clients, and monitor device compliance by early September 2026. Microsoft 365 Message Center …

Summary We’re updating the command bar experience for SharePoint Pages. This update reorders the +New menu structure, makes changes to labels, and adds more prominent page state indicators for visibility whether a page is live. Microsoft 365 Message Center ID: MC1448372 Last Modified: August 6, 2026 Category: Stay informed Tags: New feature, Feature update, User …

Summary Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 reaches end of support on January 12, 2027. As you plan to upgrade these devices to a supported version, you can purchase Extended Security Updates (ESU). Rollout schedule: September 1, 2026: Extended Security Updates (ESU) will be available for purchase. January 12, 2027: Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 will …

Summary Microsoft 365 Copilot Scheduled Prompts is moving from the Optional Connected Experiences policy framework to the Microsoft 365 Connected Experiences framework. The feature behavior for creating, editing, and using Scheduled Prompts is not changing, and existing scheduled prompts will continue to run. Administrators who currently use Optional Connected Experiences to restrict Scheduled Prompts should …

Summary Microsoft Teams is updating the live captions experience with a new right-side panel layout and a consolidated captions settings menu. The change applies to Teams meeting participants using live captions or translated captions in calls, meetings, and events. Existing admin policies and controls for live captions, translated captions, and Interpreter are not changing. The …

Summary Viva Engage is adding tenant-wide Custom Branding managed from a new Brand Center in the Viva Engage admin center. Admins will be able to set a brand name, logos, and theme color, preview changes, and publish them to the whole tenant. This affects Viva Engage web and mobile experiences, including the Teams app integration, …

Summary Exchange Online is beginning retirement enforcement for Exchange Web Services (EWS), so unrestricted EWS access will no longer be available once enforcement starts. Microsoft introduced EWSAllowedAppIDs, a tenant-level allow list that lets admins specify which application IDs may continue using EWS. Exchange Online admins should inventory all EWS-dependent apps and services, including Microsoft first-party …

Summary Microsoft 365 Copilot connector management is being consolidated into a single admin experience in the Microsoft 365 admin center under Copilot > Connectors. Administrators will manage both Microsoft 365 Copilot connectors and supported Copilot plugins from one location, simplifying governance and operations. Users will see connectors through a unified catalog and in the Sources …

Summary Microsoft Teams is adding a new “Report a call” option for suspicious group calls in call history. Users can report concerns such as scams, impersonation attempts, unwanted external calls, and other suspicious calling activity. Reported call details can be reviewed in Teams admin center, and in Microsoft Defender when the tenant is licensed and …

Summary Microsoft has released a new update for Microsoft 365 Apps in the Current Channel. The update is being rolled out to clients on that channel, and no tenant-side configuration change is required for devices that already update from the Office CDN. Administrators who manage Microsoft 365 Apps updates themselves can download the latest build …

How does ClickHouse manage to run complex data queries 100x faster than my current database? See why real-time data boosts revenue by 62%. Learn how ClickHouse’s 100x speed advantage transforms massive datasets into a high-performance profit engine. Key Takeaways What: ClickHouse is an open-source, column-oriented database built for real-time analytics at petabyte scale. Why: Organizations …

How can I get my business featured in ChatGPT and Perplexity search answers? Stop chasing clicks and start building answers. See why community forum sentiment is the hidden signal for Google AI Overviews and AEO authority. Key Takeaways What: Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) tailors content for AI-powered search engines and voice assistants. Why: AI Overviews …

As part of our ongoing security improvements for Power Platform, the Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) rollout for user sign-in flows in Dataverse is now entering its final stage across public cloud environments. This change affects interactive user access to Dataverse and relies on Microsoft Entra Conditional Access policies for near real-time session evaluation. We expect …

Microsoft Teams Android device management in the Teams admin center will retire by August 31, 2026. Devices must connect to the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal via IoT Hub for continued management. Organizations should verify device connectivity and complete migration steps before the deadline to avoid losing management capabilities. We identified that one or more …

We are introducing Planner capabilities in Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat. Users will be able to create, update, QnA Planner tasks and plans using natural language within Copilot Chat, helping them manage work without switching between applications. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 516577. Rollout schedule General Availability (Worldwide): Beginning in early September …

Summary Microsoft Copilot Studio is gaining general availability for the GitHub Copilot harness, adding a new authoring option for autonomous agents and workflows. Copilot Studio is becoming a multi-harness platform, with GitHub Copilot harness, Standard harness, and Copilot Chat harness available for different agent scenarios. Existing Copilot Studio agents and deployments remain unchanged; no migration …

Summary Microsoft Update Catalog search is currently impaired, which may prevent users from finding software updates, drivers, and hotfixes. Affected users may see search failures, slow responses, timeouts, or incomplete search results on the Catalog website. Microsoft is actively working on mitigation and recovery to restore normal search functionality. No admin configuration change is required; …

Summary Copilot Studio is gaining a new admin control to block maker-provided credentials for authentication. When enabled, only end-user credentials can be used for authentication within an agent, which can help standardize and secure connections. The setting is off by default and can be enabled selectively per environment or managed environment group in the Power …

Summary Power Platform is adding enhanced admin controls to manage agent security centrally. Administrators will be able to define authentication and access policies for agents at the environment or environment group level in the Power Platform admin center. The change is aimed at standardizing how agents handle identity and access across the organization. Microsoft states …