Summary Microsoft is updating the Windows 11 Photos app experience to help users browse, organize, and find photos and videos across local PC content and OneDrive. The updated app includes a refreshed photo library, a native photo viewer from File Explorer or other Windows locations, and an updated native photo editor. Existing management controls still …
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Summary Microsoft 365 apps admin center is adding Update Repair in Inventory to help admins find Windows devices with Microsoft 365 apps that are out of date or having update problems. Admins can review device status, see recommended remediation actions, and remotely start Online Repair for eligible devices. Repair reinstalls Microsoft 365 apps using the …
Summary Microsoft Teams is adding an onboarding workflow that automatically connects new team members to relevant channels when they join a team. The change is designed to help team owners onboard users faster and improve discoverability of important team information. This affects Teams across desktop, mobile, and Mac clients. No admin configuration is required, but …
Summary Microsoft Clipchamp is adding an admin policy control for the AI video creation experience (Create a video / Generate a video in Copilot Create). The change affects users who can access Clipchamp AI video project creation and admins who manage Microsoft 365 app policies. Admins will be able to allow or restrict access to …
Summary Microsoft is introducing public preview admin controls for managing Business Applications in Work IQ, expanding Copilot grounding to include business applications data. AI admins can control whether business applications are available in Copilot, while Power Platform and environment admins can govern which environments participate and what data can be used. Makers can further scope …
Summary Microsoft Copilot Studio is improving the Evaluations experience for agent makers to better assess agent quality and behavior. New capabilities include richer outcome explanations, reasoning traces, cited knowledge sources, and comparison of evaluation runs. Dataset creation and validation are being enhanced, including support for up to 100 test cases, customizable question/dataset generation, single-response datasets, …
Summary Copilot Studio is adding enhanced support for building Copilot Chat agents (declarative agents) that deliver authoritative, standardized responses. New maker capabilities include deterministic topics, connected agents, evaluations, monitoring, native Copilot Chat preview with Activity Map, and agent lifecycle management across dev/test/prod. The change is aimed at Copilot Studio users and development teams that build …
Starting November 17, 2026, Viva Glint’s Service Admin role will have unrestricted access to all report attributes, removing any prior restrictions. Organizations should review role assignments and use narrower roles if needed. This change aligns with Microsoft 365’s admin model and affects only the Service Admin role. Starting November 17, 2026, the Service Admin role …
Viva Glint will manage report attribute access solely at the user-role level, removing client-level restrictions to ensure consistent permissions. This change rolls out globally in November 2026. Organizations should review and update user-role permissions to maintain intended access, with no compliance issues identified. Viva Glint is simplifying report attribute access management by making user-role permissions …
Summary Microsoft is retiring several OneDrive Copilot actions from the File Explorer context menu by early December 2026, simplifying usage. Users can still access Copilot features via right-click “Ask Copilot,” the File Explorer Home icon, or the OneDrive activity center. No admin action is needed. Message ID: MC1515940 Published: Oct 19, 2026 Service: Microsoft OneDrive …