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We have service maintenance planned for your Windows 365 account to improve the experience and performance in the recovery process during potential outages. Intermittent interruptions will occur for a portion of the maintenance period, starting on Saturday, November 7, 2026. Specific dates and times will follow in subsequent communication 5 days prior to your scheduled …

Summary Microsoft has extended support for existing Microsoft Entra ID MemberOf rule operator configurations through March 31, 2027, specifically for organisations with Entra ID Governance. A new replacement capability is scheduled for late 2026. Administrators should review current group memberships and plan to migrate configurations manually or use the upcoming migration paths before the final …

Summary Microsoft Teams Rooms on Android will gain breakout room support, allowing room devices to be assigned to breakout rooms and moved between breakout rooms and the main meeting room. This change is for organizations using Teams Rooms on Android and for meeting organizers who manage breakout sessions in Teams meetings. The feature is enabled …

Summary Private tasks created in Planner and Planner-powered experiences will move from the Microsoft To Do task store to each user’s private Planner plan. Existing private tasks will still appear in Planner My Tasks, and the private/owner-only experience is unchanged. Users will gain additional Planner capabilities for private tasks, such as labels and task history. …

Summary Microsoft is redesigning the My Tasks experience in Planner to make task navigation, prioritization, organization, and creation easier for users. The change applies to users who access Microsoft Planner and use My Tasks on the web. Existing tasks and task data remain available; no migration or data movement is required. No admin policy or …

Summary Microsoft Word for Android will gain Copilot Agent Mode, bringing a more task-oriented, agentic Copilot experience to mobile Word users. The feature lets eligible users ask Copilot to draft, reason over, and refine Word content directly on Android devices. Affected users are those with access to Copilot in Word on Android and organizations that …

Summary Microsoft Viva Insights is adding a new Registry tab in the Agent 365 Dashboard to provide a comprehensive inventory of agents across the organization. Adoption reporting will be expanded to show activity for agents with identities, including instance-level drill-down details and associated agent instances. The update also improves handling for soft-deleted agents and agents …

Summary Microsoft Entra ID is retiring the preview MemberOf rule operator, so any dynamic membership groups, dynamic administrative units, or entitlement management auto-assignment policies using it must be updated. Replace MemberOf-based configurations with supported rule operators where possible, or move the object to assigned membership/alternate assignment logic if no supported equivalent exists. Validate membership, administrative …

Summary Exchange Online will add .msix and .msixbundle to the default blocked file types in OwaMailboxPolicy for Outlook on the web and new Outlook for Windows. The same block will also be applied to any custom OWA mailbox policies in the tenant. Users will no longer be able to open or download .msix or .msixbundle …

Summary Microsoft Outlook is adding a new way to customize the classic ribbon by right-clicking the Home or View tab and choosing Customize. Users can choose which commands and groups appear on the Home and View tabs and reorder them to match their workflow. The change affects Outlook users across New Outlook for Windows and …